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 quiquei
Macpherson, 2007
(
Fig. 2A, B
)
Galacantha quiquei
Macpherson, 2007
: 15
–18, fig. 6 [
type
locality:
Wallis and Futuna
Islands].
Material examined.
Norfolk
Ridge:
NMNZ
,
1 female
(
19.4 mm
),
33°32.62’S
,
170°04.13’E
,
1270–1350 m
, TAN0308/130 #006,
1 Jun 2003
.
West
Norfolk
Ridge:
NIWA
28088, 1 ovigerous female (
27.7 mm
),
34°58.85’S
,
169°29.60’E
,
1288–1294 m
, TAN0308/160 #021,
4 Jun 2003
; AM P73027,
1 male
(20.9+ mm, rostrum broken),
33°42.45’S
,
167°27.03’E
,
1451–1478 m
, TAN0308/102 #012,
28 May 2003
.
Colour in life.
Base colour white. Ventral surface, fingers and mesial surfaces of chelipeds, anterior and posterior third of carapace (except midline), and lateral margins of abdomen orange.
Remarks.
The ovigerous female differs from the
type
description (
Macpherson 2007
) only in the number of subdistal spines on the rostrum: two on the left side and one on the right, rather than one on each side.
Distribution.
Solomon Islands
,
Vanuatu
,
New Caledonia
,
Fiji
,
Wallis and Futuna
Islands, and for the first time,
New Zealand
;
835–1478 m
(
Macpherson 2007; present study
).