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Decapoda - Anomura - Galatheidae - Galathea

Galathea latirostris Dana, 1852

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World Distribution
Baba et al. (2008: 71, Zootaxa catalogue) - Japan, Fiji, Australia (Queensland), Samoa, French Polynesia, Juan Fernandez. - Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia (2015, Zootaxa) - Fiji Islands, shallow waters (record from FP are 'Dubious identifications').

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

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

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
Galathea latirostris - Boone, 1935: 50, pl. 12 (Raiatea, Tahiti). - Poupin, 1996a: 20, 77 (Checklist). - Remark: the status of this species, originally described by Dana (1852b: 480; 1855, pl. 30, fig. 8) from the Fiji is doubtful. The examination of topotypic material, and the revision of all the references attributed to Galathea latirostris is necessary to establish its real identity (K. Baba, personal communication). Galathea latirostris Lenz, 1902, describes form Juan Fernandez must be attributed to Phylladiorhynchus pusillus (Henderson, 1885) (cf. Baba, 1991: 487), and must not be confounded with Dana's species.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database