Galathea acis

Galathea acis, female

Galathea acis, male

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Galatheoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Anomura Superfamilia: Galatheoidea

Familia: Galatheidae
Genus: Galathea
Species: Galathea acis

Name

Galathea acis Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015: 22, figs. 3, 115A

Holotype: MNHN-IU-2013-15899, ♂, 10 September 2006.

Type locality: Vanuatu. SANTO, Stn DB1, 15°33.1'S, 167°17.8'E, 15–25 m.

Etymology: Acis was the lover of the sea-nymph Galathea.

References

Primary references

• Macpherson, E. & Robainas-Barcia, A. 2015. Species of the genus Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with descriptions of 92 new species. Zootaxa 3913(1): 1–335. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3913.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page.  [original description: p. 22, figs. 3, 115A]

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Links

• WoRMS (2020). Galathea acis Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832348 on 2020-04-19

• BHL bibliography
• Galathea acis – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Galathea acis.
• ION

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