Galathea consobrina De Man 1902
Creators: name: Dong, Chao
name: Li, Xinzheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Galatheidae
Galathea
Galathea consobrina

description: Galathea consobrina De Man, 1902   
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 Galathea consobrina De Man, 1902: 720, pl. 23, figs 41a–f (Type locality: Ternate, Indonesia, Moluccas). — Baba 1988: 73, fig. 30. — Poore et al. 2008: 19. — Baba et al. 2008: 67.   
 Material examined. South China Sea. MBM215133, 2 females (1.8, 2.2 mm), St. 6266, 17°30΄N, 107°E, CN K243B-10, 50.5 m, muddy sand and shell, 13 Jul.1960; MBM215132, 2 males (3.2, 3.4 mm), 1 female (3.4 mm), St. 6273, 18°15΄N, 106°30΄E, CN K293B-91, 46 m, sandy mud, AT, 25 Aug.1963. Nansha Islands: MBM 150230, 1 female (4.3 mm), Mengzi Reef, coral reef, CN 4-5, TT, 78 m, coral, 25 May 1990. Beibu Gulf: MBM215130, 1 male (3.7 mm), 1 ovigerous female (3.5 mm), St. 7304, 20°10΄N, 108°E, CN X171B- 79, 54 m, AT, 21 Jan.1962; MBM215134, 1 male (4.1 mm), St. 6241, 19°N, 108°E, CN X67 B-17, 65.7 m, mealy sand and ooze, AT, 10 Feb.1960; MBM215136, 1 ovigerous female (4.8 mm), St. 6218, 19°45΄N, 108°30΄E, CN Y 97B-21, 62 m, muddy sand, AT, 18 Apr.1960; MBM215137, 1 female (3.7 mm), St. 6241, 19°N, 108°E, CN Y 67B-17, 65.7 m, mealy and sandy mud, 10 Feb.1960; MBM215138, 1 male (4.0 mm), 1 ovigerous female (3.9 mm), St. 6239, 19°45΄N, 108°E, CN X4 B-32, 63.3 m, AT, 4 Dec.1959; MBM215139, 1 male (4.1 mm), St. 6225, 18°N, 108°30E, CN 19-11, 79 m, muddy sand, AT, 28 Jan.1959; MBM215141, 1 ovigerous female (4.3 mm), 20°N, 108°E, CN K293B-91, 46 m, St. 6238, sandy mud, AT, 13 Apr.1980; MBM215142, 1 male (2.6 mm), St. 6262, 19°30΄N, 107°E, CN K257B-79, 48 m, muddy sand, AT, 15 Oct.1960; MBM215143, 1 female (2.6 mm), St. 6272, 18°30΄N, 106°30΄E, CN X25 B-8, 44.5 m, muddy sand, AT, 18 May 1960; MBM215144, 1 male (4.2 mm), 1 ovigerous female (3.8 mm), St. 6263, 19°N, 107°E, CN X4 B-32, 63.3 m, AT, 7 May 1960; MBM215145, 1 male (3.0 mm), 1 ovigerous female (3.4 mm), St. 6273, 18°15΄N, 106°30΄E, CN K293B, 46 m, sandy mud, 25 Oct.1960; MBM215146, 5 males (2.3–4.5 mm), 5 females (1.7–2.5 mm), 5 ovigerous females (3.0– 3.8 mm), St. 7802, 107°E, 18°N, CN X189B-32, 67 m, 10 Apr.1962; MBM215147, 2 males (2.6, 2.7 mm), St. 6239, 19°45΄N, 108°E, CN X4 B-32, 63.3 m, AT, 4 Sep.1959; MBM215149, 1 male (3.1 mm), 2 ovigerous female (2.7, 3.3 mm), St. 6266, 17°30΄N, 107°E, CN K243B-27, 12.5 m, mud, sand and shell, AT, 13 Jul.1960; MBM215150, 9 males (1.8–4.3 mm), 5 ovigerous females (2.8–4.0 mm), St. 7802, 18°N, 107°E, CN X189B, 6.7 m, grit and sandy mud, AT, 10 Apr.1962; MBM215152, 1 female (3.2 mm), St. 6271, 19°N, 106°30΄E, CN Z17B-13, 44 m, AT, 17 May 1960; MBM215153, 1 male (3.7 mm), 1 ovigerous female (3.5 mm), St. 6263, 19°N, 107°E, CN I16 B-21, 55.5 m, muddy sand, AT, 17 May 1960; MBM215154, 1 female (3.0 mm), 1 ovigerous female (3.3 mm), St. 7305, 20°N, 108°30΄E, CN X295B-261, 64 m, fine, mealy and sandy mud, AT, 18 Oct.1962; MBM215155, 2 ovigerous females (3.7, 3.4 mm), St. 7305, 20°N, 108°30΄E, CN X172B, 62 m, AT, 21 Jan.1962; MBM215156, 1 female (2.0 mm), St. 7405, 19°35΄N, 108°E, CN X160B-29, 60 m, AT, 14 Jan.1962; MBM215158, 1 ovigerous female (4.2 mm), St. 7503, 20°50΄N, 108°15΄E, CN X249B-68, 52 m, coarse sand, AT, 22 Aug.1962; MBM215159, 1 male (4.1 mm), St. 7502, 19°30΄N, 106°30΄E, CN X248B-66, 32 m, moderate grit, AT, 21 Aug.1962; MBM215213, 1 male (2.0 mm), St. 6251, 19°45΄N, 107°30΄E, CN X99 B-43, 64 m, AT, 19 Apr.1960; MBM215251, 2 ovigerous females (3.3, 3.8 mm), St. 7503, 19°25΄N, 107°E, CN X249B-68, 52 m, AT, 22 Aug.1962.   
 Distribution. Previously known from Sibuyan Sea, Davao Gulf off Southeastern Mindanao, Ternate, Moluccas, Sulu Archipelago, Indonesia, Southwestern Australia; 37– 100 m. Now also known from South China Sea; 6.7– 79 m. The present record extends the bathymetric range of the species from 37–100 to 6.7– 100 m   
 Remarks. The specimens agree essentially with the description of Galathea consobrina De Man, 1902, with the exceptions of features of the Mxp3 merus: most of the specimens examined have two stout spines on the extensor margin, but the male of MBM215139 has a very small spine between the two stout spines. Three hepatic spines are consistently present in most of the specimens examined, as in the holotype, but one male (MBM 215213) has five spines. This is the first record for the species from the Chinese waters.
description: Published as part of Dong, Chao & Li, Xinzheng, 2010, Reports of Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from Chinese waters, with descriptions of two new species, pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 2687 on pages 7-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.199458