Galathea rubrispina

Galathea rubrispina, 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 rubrispina

Name

Galathea rubrispina Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015: 268, figs. 96, 120C

Holotype: MNHN -IU-2013-377, ♂, 11 November 2012.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea. PAPUA NIUGINI, Stn PD14, 05°12.3'S, 145°47.9'E, 10–15 m.

Etymology: From the Latin rubra, red, and spina, thorn, in reference to the presence of some red spines in the rostrum and pereiopods.

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. 268, figs. 96, 120C]

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Links

• WoRMS (2020). Galathea rubrispina Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832424 on 2020-06-01

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

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