Galathea hispidissima

Galathea hispidissima

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 hispidissima

Name

Galathea hispidissima Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015: 137, fig. 46

Holotype: MNHN -IU-2013-15945, ♂, 6 November 2004.

Type locality: Solomon Islands. SALOMON 2, Stn CP2286, 08°39.54'S, 157°23.18'E, 248–253 m.

Etymology: From the Latin hispidus, hairy, bristly, in reference to the setose ridges on the body.

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. 137, fig. 46]

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Links

• WoRMS (2020). Galathea hispidissima Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832384 on 2020-05-24

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

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