Galathea lemniscata

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

Holotype: MNHN -IU-2013-15873, ♀, 17 October 1986.

Type locality: New Caledonia. Chesterfield Islands. MUSORSTOM 5, Stn DW348, 19°36.00'S, 158°31.70'E, 260 m.

Etymology: From the Latin lemniscatus, adorned with ribbons, in reference to the whitish bands in the body.

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. 160, figs. 56, 117G]

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