WoRMS taxon details
Galathea squamea Baba, 1979
392259 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:392259)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Baba, K. (1979). First records of chirostylid and galatheid crustaceans (Decapoda, Anomura) from New Caledonia. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, ser 4 (sec A).</em> 1: 521-529. [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype MNHN Ga 1118, geounit New Caledonian...
Holotype MNHN Ga 1118, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Galathea squamea Baba, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392259 on 2025-06-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Baba, K. (1979). First records of chirostylid and galatheid crustaceans (Decapoda, Anomura) from New Caledonia. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, ser 4 (sec A).</em> 1: 521-529. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
[request]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
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context source (MSBIAS)
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]
additional source Macpherson, E.; Robainas-Barcia, A. (2015). Species of the genus <em>Galathea </em>Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with descriptions of 92 new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3913(1): 1-335., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3913.1.1 [details]
additional source Macpherson, E.; Robainas-Barcia, A. (2015). Species of the genus <em>Galathea </em>Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with descriptions of 92 new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3913(1): 1-335., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3913.1.1 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNHN Ga 1118, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
