Galathea paulayi

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 paulayi

Name

Galathea paulayi Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015: 219, figs. 79, 118H

Holotype: UF 16039, ♂, 23 October 2008.

Type locality: French Polynesia. Moorea Island, 17.5145°S, 149.7616°W, 20 m.

Etymology: This species is dedicated to Gustav Paulay of the Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, for his valuable contributions to benthic research.

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. 219, figs. 79, 118H]

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