Galathea setigera

Galathea setigera

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 setigera

Name

Galathea setigera Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015: 283, fig. 102

Holotype: MNHN -IU-2013-8325, ♀, 24 October 1991.

Type locality: Indonesia. Kei Islands. KARUBAR, Stn CP16, 05°17'S, 132°50'E, 315–349 m.

Etymology: From the Latin, setiger, bearing bristles, in reference to the pilosity of the carapace.

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 Reference page.  [original description: p. 283, fig. 102]

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Links

• WoRMS (2020). Galathea setigera Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832430 on 2020-06-01

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

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