Galathea tongi

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: UF 10707, ♀, 13 August 2005.

Type locality: Kiribati. Line Islands. Tabuaeran Atoll, 3.8051°N, 159.3021°W, 10–23 m.

Etymology: This species is dedicated to the President Anatole Tong of Kiribati, for his global leadership in ocean conservation.

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. 310, figs. 110, 121F]

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