Galathea ahyongi

Galathea ahyongi

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 ahyongi

Name

Galathea ahyongi Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015: 32, figs. 7, 115E

Holotype: UF 36149, ♀, 4 March 2013.

Type locality: Red Sea. Farasan Banks, Dolphen Lagoon, 19.0053°N 40.1482°E, 1–7 m.

Etymology: named after Shane T. Ahyong, for his major contributions to Anomuran systematics and decapod crustacean phylogeny.

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 Reference page.  [original description: p. 32, figs. 7, 115E]

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Links

• WoRMS (2020). Galathea ahyongi Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832350 on 2020-05-18

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

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