WoRMS taxon details
Galacantha diomedeae Faxon, 1893
392209 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:392209)
accepted
Species
Galacantha diomedeae var. parvispina Faxon, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Munidopsis diomedeae (Faxon, 1893) · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Variety Galacantha diomedeae var. parvispina Faxon, 1893 accepted as Galacantha diomedeae Faxon, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Faxon, W. (1893). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer ”Albatross”, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 24(7): 149-220. [details] 
Type locality contained in Gulf of Panama
type locality contained in Gulf of Panama [details]
Depth range 768-3790 m
Depth range 768-3790 m [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Galacantha diomedeae Faxon, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392209 on 2026-05-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Faxon, W. (1893). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer ”Albatross”, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 24(7): 149-220. [details]
original description (of Galacantha diomedeae var. parvispina Faxon, 1893) Faxon, W. (1893). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer ”Albatross”, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 24(7): 149-220. [details]
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Galacantha diomedeae var. parvispina Faxon, 1893) Faxon, W. (1893). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer ”Albatross”, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 24(7): 149-220. [details]
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[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]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype USNM, geounit Central America [details]
Syntype USNM, geounit Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 768-3790 m [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Munidopsis diomedeae (Faxon, 1893))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galacantha diomedeae)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Munidopsis diomedeae (Faxon, 1893))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Munidopsis diomedeae (Faxon, 1893))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galacantha diomedeae)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Munidopsis diomedeae (Faxon, 1893))
