Decapoda - Anomura - Galatheidae - Galathea

Galathea echinata Macpherson, 2012



World Distribution
Macpherson (2012: 412, Zoosystema) - New Caledonia, in 350-371 m. - Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia (2015, Zootaxa) - New Caledonia, 311–371 m.

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 311-371 m

New Caledonia data
Galathea echinata Macpherson, 2012: 412, Zoosystema - Holotype. — New Caledonia. NORFOLK 2, stn DW2024, 23°27.92’S, 167°50.90’E, 370-371 m, 21.X.2003, 1 M, 5.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2009-591). Paratypes. — New Caledonia. SMIB 5, stn DW88, 22°18.60’S, 168°40.20’E, 350 m, 13.IX.1989, 1 M, 4.6 mm, 1 ovig. F, 5.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2009-592). - Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015, Zootaxa, 101: New Caledonia. HALIPRO 1, Stn CC856, 21°44.02'S, 166°37.76'E, 311–365 m, 20 March 1994: 1 ov. F 3.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8402).

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