WoRMS taxon details
Galathea sinensis Dong & Li, 2010
563890 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:563890)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dong, C.; Li, X. (2010). Reports of <i>Galathea</i> Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from Chinese waters, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2687: 1-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2687.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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Depth range 10-330 m
Depth range 10-330 m [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Galathea sinensis Dong & Li, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=563890 on 2026-07-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Dong, C.; Li, X. (2010). Reports of <i>Galathea</i> Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from Chinese waters, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2687: 1-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2687.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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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 MBMCAS MBM150170, geounit Nansha Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 10-330 m [details]
