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 2025-08-24
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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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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]
