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Decapoda - Anomura - Galatheidae - Galathea

Galathea platycheles Miyake, 1953

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World Distribution
Baba et al. (2008: 75, Catalogue, Zootaxa) - Western Indian Ocean to Taiwan, Japan, Palau. Also Réunion. - Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia (2015, Zootaxa) - Japan, Palau island, Mariana Islands, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, western Indian Ocean, Maldives Islands, Chagos islands, Scattered Islands, Madagascar; 0–41 m, on Pocillopora spp., rubble, algae, hydroids, under rocks.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-5 m

Mayotte data
Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015, Zootaxa, 235: Scattered Islands. Juan de Nova, 17.0222°S, 42.6895°E, 7 m, 29 April 2009: 1 ov. F 2.3 mm (UF20729).

Réunion data
Galathea Platycheles - Ribes, 1978 (Réunion).

New Caledonia data
Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015, Zootaxa, 236: New Caledonia. Lifou Island. LIFOU, Stn 1434, 20°52.5'S, 167°08.1'E, 5–20 m, 6 November 2000: 1 F 1.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-13812).—Stn 1410, 20°56.7'S, 167°03.1'E, 2–4 m, 25 November 2000: 1 ov. F 2.1 mm, 1 ov. F 1.9 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-13813); 1 M 1.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-13815); 1 ov. F 1.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-13814). Isle of Pines. Platier, August 1993: 1 M 2.3 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-13810).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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