Reports of Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from Chinese waters, with descriptions of two new species
Author
Dong, Chao
Author
Li, Xinzheng
text
Zootaxa
2010
2687
1
28
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.199458
08e56bed-1140-4d4a-b976-3848c01055ff
1175-5326
199458
Galathea whiteleggii
Grant & McCulloch, 1906
(
Fig. 14
)
Galathea whiteleggii
Grant & McCulloch, 1906
: 45
, pl. 4, figs 2, 2a (
type
locality: off Wata Mooli,
Australia
,
99–108 m
). —
McNeill 1968
: 33
. —
Haig 1973
: 278
, fig.
2g
. —
Poore 2004
: 232
, fig. 63h. —
Baba 2005
: 245
. —
Baba
et al.
2008
: 81
.
Galathea whiteleggei
. —
Tirmizi & Javed 1993
: 57
, fig. 25.
Material examined. South
China
Sea.
MBM069801,
1 male
(
3.5 mm
), St. 6077, 20°5΄N, 113°E, CN K64B- 19, 67 m, sandy mud, AT,
7 Jul.1959
; MBM069817,
13 males
(
1.6–3.2 mm
),
4 females
(
1.5–2.8 mm
), 7 ovigerous females (
2.1–3.1 mm
), St. 6107, 19°5΄N, 112°E, CN K147B-7, 92 m, muddy sand, AT,
4 Apr.1960
; MBM069819,
1 male
(
2.7 mm
), St. 6662, 20°N, 113°5΄E, CN R30A-
1, 104.8 m
, muddy sand,
11 Jul.1957
; MBM069822,
1 male
(
2.5 mm
), St. 6066, 20°30΄N, 113°30΄E, CN K72B-5, muddy sand, AT,
14 Jul.1959
.
Hainan
Island
:
MBM
150372
, 1 ovigerous female (
3.1 mm
), Ganlin, Yulin Harbor,
1 Feb.1959
.
Nansha Islands:
MBM
150168
,
1 male
(
2.8 mm
), CN 93NS76-10; MBM
150189
,
2 females
(2.5,
2.5 mm
), St. 41, 5º30.42΄N, 108º29.29΄E, CN SSB6-15, 93 m,
18 Sep.1994
; MBM
150234
, 1 ovigerous female (
2.8 mm
), St. 55, CN SSBVIII5-19, 46 m, muddy sand,
8 Jun.1996
.
Distribution.
Previously known from South Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Wattamolla,
Australia
;
22–108 m
(
Baba
et al.
2008
indicated the depth record of
2417 m
by
Tirmizi & Javed (1993)
is questionable). Now also known from South
China
Sea;
46–104.8 m
.
Remarks.
The specimens agree with the previous descriptions of the species. This is the first record for the species from the Chinese waters.