Species of the genus Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with descriptions of 92 new species
Author
Macpherson, Enrique
Author
Robainas-Barcia, Aymee
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Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
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Galathea robusta
Baba, 1990
Galathea robusta
Baba, 1990: 956
, fig. 13 (
Madagascar
,
105–115 m
).—
Baba, 2005
: 84, fig. 31, 245 (key, synonymies,
Mauritius
,
238 m
).—Baba
et al
., 2008: 76 (compilation).—Macpherson, 2012: 410 (comparative material).
Material examined
.
Madagascar
.
ATIMO VATAE
. Stn CP3561,
25°38'S
,
46°13'E
,
128–133 m
,
6 May 2010
: 1 M 3.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8421).
Reunion
Island
. MD32, Stn CP57,
21°04.5'S
,
55°11'E
,
210–227 m
,
22 August 1982
: 2 ov. F 3.0–
4.4 mm
(MNHN-IU-2013-8420).
Remarks
. The specimens examined agree quite well with the
holotype
male (MNHN-Ga712) from
Madagascar
(Baba 1990).
Galathea robusta
resembles
G. sentosa
n. sp.
from
Wallis and Futuna
(see Remarks for this latter species).
The genetic divergences with other species are always higher than 15.2% (COI, the closest is
G. p s i l a
n. sp.
) and 7.4% (16S rRNA, the closest is
G. cymo
n. sp.
) (
Tab. 3
).
Distribution
.
Madagascar
,
La Réunion
,
Mauritius
,
105–
238 m
.