Galathea lopisma Macpherson, Rodríguez-Flores & Machordom, 2023

Macpherson, Enrique & Machordom, Annie, 2025, Squat lobsters (Decapoda: Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea) from Saya de Malha Bank, SW Indian Ocean, with the descriptions of three new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 1012, pp. 27-48 : 31

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1012.3031

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:32FF1B4A-61F2-4ECF-A080-195F224E309B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16994990

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC87CC-E128-D612-EE06-FDE6FAB2BDA3

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Galathea lopisma Macpherson, Rodríguez-Flores & Machordom, 2023
status

 

Galathea lopisma Macpherson, Rodríguez-Flores & Machordom, 2023

Material examined

SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN – Saya de Malha Bank 1 ov. ♀ (3.4 mm); SAYA stn DW5424; 11°28′ S, 62°01′ E; 150–171 m depth; 12 Nov. 2022; MNHN-IU-2021-9160 GoogleMaps .

Distribution

Previously only known by the holotype collected in the Glorieuses Islands, Mozambique Channel, at 219– 224 m. This second occcurrence in Saya de Malha Bank was found at depths of 150– 171 m.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Cardiida

Family

Donacidae

Genus

Galathea

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