WoRMS taxon details

Galacantha valdiviae Balss, 1913

392216  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:392216)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Anomura (Infraorder)
  12. Galatheoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Munidopsidae (Family)
  14. Galacantha (Genus)
  15. Galacantha valdiviae (Species)
accepted
Species
Munidopsis valdiviae (Balss, 1913) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Balss, H. (1913). Neue Galatheiden aus der Ausbeute der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia'. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 41: 221-226. [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  ZMB 17496, geounit Somali Exclusive Economic Zone  
Holotype ZMB 17496, geounit Somali Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Galacantha valdiviae Balss, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392216 on 2025-08-24
Date
action
by
2009-04-21 10:47:48Z
created
Macpherson, Enrique
2020-07-03 10:21:11Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-01-19 09:32:14Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Balss, H. (1913). Neue Galatheiden aus der Ausbeute der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia'. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 41: 221-226. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype ZMB 17496, geounit Somali Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Munidopsis valdiviae (Balss, 1913))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galacantha valdiviae) 
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Munidopsis valdiviae (Balss, 1913))

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