Galathea rubrispina

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-2013-377, ♂, 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.

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. 268, figs. 96, 120C]

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