Galathea aequata

Galathea aequata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Galatheoidea

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

Familia: Galatheidae
Genus: Galathea
Species: Galathea aequata

Name

Galathea aequata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015: 31, figs. 6, 115D

Holotype: UF 9860, ♂, 20 June 2006.

Type locality: French Polynesia. Society Islands. Moorea Island, 17.4964°S, 149.7528°W, 0–1 m.

Etymology: From the Latin aequatus, equality, in reference to the similiraty with G. mauritiana.

References

Primary 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. 31, figs. 6, 115D]

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Links

• WoRMS (2020). Galathea aequata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832349 on 2020-04-19

• BHL bibliography
• Galathea aequata – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Galathea aequata.
• ION

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