Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galatheidae and Polychelidae Author Ahyong, Shane T. text Zootaxa 2007 1593 1 54 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.178624 7466bbb6-f889-4e40-b22d-e3aee96f9acb 1175-5326 178624 Galacantha rostrata A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 ( Fig. 2 C, D) Galacantha rostrata A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 : 52 [ type locality: Bequia, Windward Islands, West Indies]. — Macpherson, 2007 : 18 –19, fig. 10I , J. Galacantha Talismani Filhol, 1885 : pl. 3 [ type locality: Cap Ghir, N of Canary Islands]. Galacantha investigatoris Alcock & Anderson, 1894 : 173 [ type locality: Laccadive Sea]. Munidopsis rostrata . — Baba 1988 : 161 ; 1994: 18. — Baba & Poore 2002 : 236 –241, fig. 5. — Ahyong & Poore 2004 : 56–57. — Baba 2005 : 180–181, 294. Material examined. West Norfolk Ridge: NMNZ , 1 male ( 31.2 mm ), 1 ovigerous female (31.3+ mm; ovum diameter 2.8 mm ), 35°35.83’S , 169°33.43’E , 1760–1786 m , TAN0308/167 #016, 5 Jun 2003 ; NIWA 28060, 2 males (26.0[pcl.]– 31.5 mm ), 35°35.83’S , 169°33.43’E , 1760–1786 m , TAN0308/167 #016, 5 Jun 2003 . Colour in life. Orange overall. Remarks. As reported by Baba & Poore (2002) for southeastern Australian material, the two spines at the anterolateral angle of the carapace in the present specimens are subequal. One male (26.0 mm pcl, Fig. 2 C, D) is atypical in lacking the rostrum entirely and the ovigerous female bears 1 or 2 minute spines behind the anterolateral spines. The specimens otherwise agree with the recent accounts from the area ( Baba & Poore 2002 ; Macpherson 2007 ). Notably, the posterior margin of the mesogastric spine in the present series is straight as in New Caledonian specimens rather than slightly convex as in West African material ( Macpherson 2007 ). Distribution. Atlantic and Southern oceans, Indian Ocean, western and eastern Pacific. The Indo-West Pacific range includes Zanzibar , the Arabian Sea, Indonesia , Japan , Australia , New Caledonia , and now New Zealand ; 1584–3294 m ( Ahyong & Poore 2004 ; Macpherson 2007 ).