Galathea rubrispina

Galathea rubrispina, male.

Taxonavigation

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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

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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.

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