Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Galatheoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Anomura
Superfamilia: Galatheoidea

Familia: Galatheidae
Genus: Galathea
Species: Galathea bracteosa

Name

Holotype: MNHN -IU-2013-9720, ♂, 20 November 2002.
Type locality: French Polynesia. Austral Islands. BENTHAUS, Stn DW1968, 23°22.88'S, 150°43.52'W, 100–120 m.
Etymology: From the Latin bractea, scale, in reference to the numerous scale-like ridges on the carapace.

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