Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Anomura - Galatheidae - Galathea

Galathea mauritiana Bouvier, 1915


Distribution : Indo-West Pacific, common. Includes French Polynesia, Wallis & Futuna.

Remarks : e-mail Baba, 23/09/98, "Galathea affinis Ortmann, 1892 should be Galathea mauritiana Nobili, 1915 (see Collins, J. S. H., 1995. Galathea mauritiana Bouvier, 1915, A replacement name for Galathea affinis Ortmann, 1892 non Galathea affinis Ristori, 1886 (J. Science Report of the Toyohashi Museum of Natural History, No. 5: 61 (J62). He mentions that Galathea affinis is preoccupied by a Pliocene fossil species." -

Selected Reference(s)
Galathea mauritiana. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: . - Wallis & Futuna

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Wallis); Gambier (Mangareva); Society (Moorea, ?Tahiti); Tuamotu (Hao, Marutea South, Moruroa, Tikehau) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m (0-30m); Hard bottom.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Galathea mauritiana - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Galathea affinis - Nobili, 1907: 375, pl. 1, fig. 11 (Marutea South, "Ohura" = Hao, "Rikitea and Gatavake" = Mangareva). - Peyrot-Clausade, 1977a, annex of the species: 24; 1977b: 213; 1985: 462 (Moorea); 1989: 112, 115 (Moorea, Tikehau; 30m). - Kropp & Birkeland, 1981: 630, tab. 5 (Moorea). - Poupin, 1996a: 19 (Checklist). - Galathea mauritiana - Collins, 1995: not seen (Syn.) - Unpublished specimens - Coll. J. Poupin, det. K. Baba (Moruroa), Moorea fieldwork December 2006, coll. Poupin (Papetoai lagoon, 0.1 m, fringing reef, coral rubbles), det. Poupin, specimens (MNHN) and color photograph. - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, prov. det. Baba, Tahiti at night, approximately 5 m.

Depth distribution: 0 - 30 m

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
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