Species Galacantha rostrata A. Milne Edwards, 1880
- Galacantha rostrata Milne Edwards, A. 1880. No. 1. Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877, '78, '79, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake". Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., Commanding. VIII. Etudes préliminaires sur les Crustacés. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 8(1): 1-68 pls 1-2 [52].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 4740 ♀ (2912 m depth), Bequia, Lesser Antilles [30°52'N, 0V36'W].Type locality references:
Baba, K., Macpherson, E., Poore, G.C.B., Ahyong, S.T., Bermudez, A., Cabezas, P., Lin, C-W, Nizinski, M., Rodrigues, C. & Schnabel, K.E. 2008. Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). Zootaxa 1905: 1-220 [Date published 15 Oct. 2008] [62-63].Secondary source:
Ahyong, S.T. 2007. Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galtheidae and Polychelidae. Zootaxa 1593: 1-54 [4-5, figs 2C, D]. - Galacantha talismani Filhol, H. 1885. La vie au fond des mers. Les explorations sous-marines et les voyages du Travailleur et du Talisman. Bibliothèque de la Nature. Paris : G. Masson 303 pp. [pl. 3] [junior synonym; non Henderson, 1888].
- Galacantha investigatoris Alcock & Anderson, 1894.
Type data:
Holotype ZSI 8816/9 ♀ (Depth: 2075-2085 m), Laccadive Sea.Type locality references:
Baba, K., Macpherson, E., Poore, G.C.B., Ahyong, S.T., Bermudez, A., Cabezas, P., Lin, C-W, Nizinski, M., Rodrigues, C. & Schnabel, K.E. 2008. Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). Zootaxa 1905: 1-220 [Date published 15 Oct. 2008] [62-63].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Atlantic, Southern oceans and Indo-Pacific. Indo-West Pacific range includes Zanzibar, the Arabian Sea, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and Australia.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Bathyal, benthic, continental rise.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 1650–3294 m.
General References
Baba, K. 1994. Deep-sea Galatheid Crustaceans (Anomura: Galatheidae) collected by the 'Cidaris I' Expedition off Central Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35(1): 1-21 [18]
History of changes
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| 25-Jun-2014 | 03-Mar-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 08-Apr-2015 | 24-Feb-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 24-Apr-2012 | 10-Dec-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 10-Dec-2010 | MODIFIED |