Two squat lobster species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Persian Gulf, with description of a new species of Raymunida Macpherson & Machordom, 2000 Author Osawa, Masayuki Author Safaie, Mohsen text Zootaxa 2014 2014-09-15 3861 3 265 274 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.3.4 f901af93-c65f-4bfd-bbfe-bcf15bd5b5c1 1175-5326 227542 24F0D30D-77A4-4020-8FEE-554C2DBDE04C Galathea ternatensis De Man, 1902 ( Fig. 1 A) Galathea orientalis var. ternatensis De Man, 1902: 714 . Galathea ternatensis . — Baba et al. , 2008: 80 (compilation); Dong & Li, 2010: 21 , fig. 13; Macpherson & Cleva, 2010: 63 , fig. 3I , J. Material examined. North of Lavan Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran , Persian Gulf, 26°54' N , 53°21' E , 30–50 m depth, bottom trawl, 14 December 2011 , coll. K. Khajehnoori, 1 ovigerous female (cl 6.0 mm), FHU. Coloration . In formalin preservative ( Fig. 1 A). Carapace and pleon brown, pereopods reddish brown in general. The fresh coloration of Galathea ternatensis is illustrated by Macpherson & Cleva (2010: fig. 3I , J) . Distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific: southern Japan , South China Sea, Philippines , Indonesia , New Guinea ,Western Australia , New Caledonia , Maldives , Seychelles (Providence), Madagascar , and Mozambique Channel; depths of 18– 210 m . Now known from the Persian Gulf. Remarks. The present specimen agrees well with the previous descriptions and diagnoses of G. ternatensis by Miyake & Baba (1963) and Baba (1977) .