Galathea eridani

Taxonavigation edit

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 eridani

Name edit

Holotype: MNHN -IU-2013-13217, ♂, 16 April 2009.
Type locality: Mozambique. MAINBAZA, Stn DW3168, 26°11.93’S, 35°02.85’E, 87–90 m.
Etymology: The name Erudanus, the River, refers to one of the southern constellations.

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