Galathea imitata

Galathea imitata, female

Galathea imitata, 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 imitata

Name

• Galathea imitata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015: 143, figs. 49, 117C, D

Holotype: QM W29208, ♂, 15 May 2009.

Type locality: Australia. Western Australia, Ningaloo Reef, 22.7415°S,113.6836°E, 2–3 m.

Etymology: From the Latin, imitatus, copy, mimic, in reference to the similarity with species of the G. aegyptiaca complex.

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. 143, figs. 49, 117C, D]

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Links

• WoRMS (2020). Galathea imitata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832387 on 2020-05-25

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

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