Galathea leporis

Galathea leporis, male

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 leporis

Name

Galathea leporis Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015: 165, figs. 58, 117H

Holotype: MNHN -IU-2013-15985, ♂, 14 October 2006.

Type locality: Vanuatu. SANTO, Stn FB92, 15°33.6'S, 167°16.6'E, 2–4 m.

Etymology: From Lepus, the Hare, one of the Southern Hemisphere constellations.

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. 165, figs. 58, 117H]

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Links

• WoRMS (2020). Galathea leporis Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832392 on 2020-05-26

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

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