Galathea platycheles

Galathea platycheles, female.

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 platycheles

Name

Galathea platycheles Miyake, 1953: 205, figs. 5, 6

Type locality: Formosa (=Taiwan), shore.

References

• Miyake, S., 1953: On three new species of Galathea from the Western Pacific. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 10: 199–208. [original description: p. 205, figs. 5, 6]

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• 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.  [material, remarks: p. 235, figs. 119C, D]

Links

• WoRMS (2020). Galathea platycheles Miyake, 1953. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392251 on 2020-06-10

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

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