Galathea sinensis Dong & Li 2010
Creators: name: Macpherson, Enrique
name: Robainas-Barcia, Aymee
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Galatheidae
Galathea
Galathea sinensis

description: Galathea sinensis Dong & Li, 2010   
(Fig. 120 G)  
 Galathea sinensis Dong & Li, 2010: 17, figs. 10–11 (South China Sea, Nansha Islands, 113 m).   
 Material examined. Philippines. MUSORSTOM 1, Stn CP26, 14°01'N, 120°17'E, 189 m, 22 March 1976: 1 M 2.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8217). MUSORSTOM 3, Stn CP124, 12°03'N, 121°35'E, 10–123 m, 4 June 1985: 1 F 5.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8231).   
Solomon Islands. SALOMON 2, Stn CP2284, 8°37.29'S, 157°21.94'E, 195–197 m, 6 November 2004: 1 M 3.8 mm, 2 ov. F 2.8–3.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8222). Stn CP2295, 8°46.09'S, 157°30.008'E, 94–133 m, 7 November 2004: 11 M 2.1–3.8 mm, 12 ov. F 2.0– 3.4 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8230; 11985).  
Papua New Guinea. PAPUA NIUGINI, Stn PP8, 05°03'S, 145°49'E, 120 m, 30 December 2012: 1 F 4.4 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-643); 2 M 2.7–3.5 mm, 1 ov. F 3.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-13905).  
Vanuatu. MUSORSTOM 8, Stn CP1102, 15°03.82'S, 167°08.68'E, 208–210 m, 7 October 1994: 2 M 3.2–3.3 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8228). BOA 1, Stn CP2443, 15°09.105'S, 166°54.406'E, 220–277 m, 10 September 2005: 1 ov. F 3.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8226).—Stn CP2444, 15°7'80"S, 166°53'70"E, 250–330 m, 10 September 2005: 1 M 3.5 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8223). SANTO, Stn AT2, 15°32.5/32.8'S, 167°16.1/16.5'E, 160–175 m, 14 September 2006: 2 M 2.8–2.9 mm, 4 ov. F 3.5–5.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8229; 11986).—Stn AT4, 15°32.9–33.1'S, 167°13.3–13.7'E, 97–101 m, 15 September 2006: 1 F 3.3 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8225).— Stn AT30, 15°36.7'S, 167°02.6'E, 83–120 m, 25 September 2006: 1 M 4.5 mm, 1 ov. F 3.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2013- 8224).—Stn AT57, 15°36.3'S, 167°01.4'E, 106–126 m, 2 October 2006: 1 F 3.3 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8219).—Stn EN33, 15°32.6'S, 167°12.5'E, 80 m, 14 October 2006: 2 M 1.5–3.7 mm, 2 ov. F 3.3–4.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2013- 8218).—Stn EP32, 15°36.6'S, 167°02.0'E, 100 m, 14 October 2006: 1 ov. F 3.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8220).—Stn AT115, 15°33.9'S, 167°16.6'E, 152–158 m, 18 October 2006: 1 F 2.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8221).  
New Caledonia. HALIPRO 1, Stn CP852, 21°44'S, 166°36'E, 253–266 m, 19 March 1994: 1 ov. F 4.3 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8216). BATHUS 4, Stn CP952, 20°34'S, 164°58'E, 270–316 m, 10 August 1994: 1 M 3.7 mm (MNHN –IU-2013-8227).  
 Coloration. Base color white. Red flecks covering lateral and posterior parts of carapace. Rostrum white. Abdomen with 2 red lateral stripes. P1 with red stripe on proximal half of merus and palm. P2–4 with red stripes on proximal part of merus and propodus; tips of dactylus red.   
 Remarks. The specimens examined agree wuite well with the description and illustrations provided by Dong & Li (2010). The genetic data are only obtained for 16S rRNA. The divergences among G. s i n e n s i s and other sequenced species are allways greater than 6.3% (16S rRNA, G. cy m o) (Tab. 3).   
 Distribution. South China Sea, Philippines, Solomon Islands Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, 10– 330 m.
description: Published as part of Macpherson, Enrique & Robainas-Barcia, Aymee, 2015, Species of the genus Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with descriptions of 92 new species, pp. 1-335 in Zootaxa 3913 (1) on page 288, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3913.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/239230