Galathea machaera

Galathea machaera

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 machaera

Name

Galathea machaera Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015: 177, fig. 63

Holotype: MNHN -IU-2013-8437, ♀, 10 May 1992.

Type locality: Wallis and Futuna Islands. MUSORSTOM 7, Stn CP498, 14°18.9'S, 178°03.1'W,105–160 m.

Etymology: From the Latin, machaera, sword, in reference to the shape of the rostrum.

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. 177, fig. 63]

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Links

• WoRMS (2020). Galathea machaera Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832395 on 2020-05-27

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

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