Galathea lepidota

Galathea lepidota

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Galatheoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Anomura Superfamilia: Galatheoidea

Familia: Galatheidae
Genus: Galathea
Species: Galathea lepidota

Name

Galathea lepidota Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015: 162, fig. 57

Holotype: MNHN -IU-2013-13321, ♀, 6 June 1985.

Type locality: Philippines. MUSORSTOM 3, Stn CP142, 11°47’N, 123°01’E, 26–27 m.

Etymology: From the Greek lepidotos, scaly, in reference to the scaly gastric region.

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 ResearchGate Reference page.  [original description: p. 162, fig. 57]

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Links

• WoRMS (2020). Galathea lepidota Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832391 on 2020-05-26

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

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