Galathea punctata

Galathea punctata, female.

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 punctata

Name

Galathea punctata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015: 257, figs. 93, 120B

Holotype: MNHN -IU-2013-8460, ♂, 22 September 2006.

Type locality: Vanuatu. SANTO, Stn AT22, 15°32.3'S, 167°16.0'E, 180–227 m.

Etymology: From the Latin, puncta, puncture, in reference to the blue dots 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. 257, figs. 93, 120B]

---

Links

• WoRMS (2020). Galathea punctata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832421 on 2020-05-31

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

---

For more multimedia, look at Galathea punctata on Wikimedia Commons.