WoRMS taxon details
Galacantha trachynotus Anderson, 1896
392215 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:392215)
accepted
Species
Galacantha spinosa var. trachynotus Anderson, 1896 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Munidopsis trachynotus (Anderson, 1896) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Anderson, A.R.S. (1896). Natural history notes from the R.I.M. Survey Steamer 'Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 21. An account of the deep sea Crustacea collected during the season 1894–95. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 65(2): 88-106. [details] 
Type locality contained in Arabian Sea
type locality contained in Arabian Sea [details]
Depth range 1068-2000 m
Depth range 1068-2000 m [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Galacantha trachynotus Anderson, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392215 on 2026-09-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Anderson, A.R.S. (1896). Natural history notes from the R.I.M. Survey Steamer 'Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 21. An account of the deep sea Crustacea collected during the season 1894–95. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 65(2): 88-106. [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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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
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
Syntype ZSIC, geounit Arabian Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1068-2000 m [details]