Galacantha diomedeae Faxon 1893

• Main Authors: Guzman, Guillermo L., Sellanes, Javier
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Decapoda; Galatheidae; Galacantha; Galacantha diomedeae; Luke; Macpherson; Castle Rock; Iquique; Del Solar; Patagonian Toothfish
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5030577; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5030577

Galacantha diomedeae Faxon, 1893 (Fig. 1) Restricted synonymy: Galacantha diomedeae Faxon, 1893: 180; 1895: 79, pl. 25, figs. 1, 1a–d. Galacantha diomedeae var. parvispina Faxon, 1893: 181; 1895: 80, pl. 25, fig. 2. Munidopsis diomedeae Haig & Wicksten, 1975: 101.— Luke, 1977: 28.— Wicksten, 1989: 315 (list).— Khodkina, 1973: 73.— Baba, 2005: 288.— Macpherson, 2007: 14, fig. 5. Type localities. Syntypes from “Albatross” expedition stn: 3357, 2263, 3364, 3366, 3371, 3373, 3393, 3407, 3429. From Coiba Island, Panamá to Mazatlan, Mexico. Other records in America. Peru, 18 ° 23 'S, 71 ° 13 'W, 1100 m, Nov 1970 – Jan 1972 (Del Solar 1972); Arica, 18 ° 40 'S, 70 ° 36 'W – 18 ° 32 'S, 70 ° 29 'W, 768–968 m, 18 ° 42 'S, 70 ° 37 'W, 1097–1152 m, 7 May 1972 (Luke 1977); Castle Rock Light, San Clemente, California, “Velero IV” Stn 8791 -63, 32° 54 'N, 33 °01'N – 118 ° 55 'N, 119 °05'W, 1719–1738 m, 17 July 1963 (Haig & Wicksten 1975). Distributional range. from Isla San Clemente, California to Arica (Haig & Wicksten 1975; Wicksten 1989; Hendrickx 2003; Macpherson 2007). Bathymetric range. 768–3790 m. New records. MUAP (CD)-0310, 17 specimens (9 ovigerous females and 8 males) stn AGT- 5 (22 ° 48 ’02”S, 70 ° 30 ’ 95 ”W; 1351 m, off Antofagasta) “ PUCK ” expedition, RV “Sonne”, 2001; MUAP (CD)-0311, 1 deteriorated male caught with Patagonian Toothfish longline off Iquique (~ 22 °S), no additional data; MUAP (CD)-0408, 1 female, caught with Patagonian Toothfish longline off Iquique (~ 22 °S), no additional data; MUAP (CD)-0409, 1 female parasitised by bopyrid, collected with Patagonian Toothfish longline off Arica (~ 18 ° 40 ’S), no additional data; CBUCN 0 0 3865, 2 males, 1 female, stn AGT 6 (35 ° 31.48 ’S, 72 ° 22.71 ’W, 1300 m), “VG07” cruise, AGOR Vidal Gormáz, 30 September 2007. Description. Rostrum short, not more than 2 times length of eyestalks, slightly curved upward without lateral spines (Fig. 1 b). Carapace pentagonal in general shape, covered with scale-like tubercles, arranged in transverse lines; ...