Galathea minima

Galathea minima, 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 minima

Name

Galathea minima Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015: 195, figs. 70, 118D, E

Holotype: MNHN -IU-2013-15980, ♀, 13 January 1987.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea. PAPUA NIUGINI, Stn PD19, 05°05.4'S, 145°48.5'E, 3–10 m.

Etymology: From the Latin minimus, very small, in reference to the small size of the species.

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. 195, figs. 70, 118D, E]

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Links

• WoRMS (2020). Galathea minima Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832400 on 2020-05-28

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

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