Galathea australiensis Stimpson 1858

• Main Authors: Macpherson, Enrique, Robainas-Barcia, Aymee
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Decapoda; Galatheidae; Galathea; Galathea australiensis; Bass Point; Hale; Head Island; Humps; Indian; Laurie; McNeill; Melin; Port Stephens; Queensland; Low Island
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5135949; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5135949

Galathea australiensis Stimpson, 1858 (Fig. 13) Galathea australiensis Stimpson, 1858: 89 (Port Jackson, 11 m).— Haswell, 1882 b: 161 (Port Jackson and Port Stephens).— Henderson, 1888: 118, pl. 12, fig. 5 (Arafura Sea, 90 m).— Grant & McCulloch, 1906: 44, pl. 4, figs 1, 1a (Mast Head Island, Queensland).— Southwell, 1906: 220 (Sri Lanka S of Galle, off Kaltura, coral reefs in Gulf of Manaar, shallow water to 183 m).— Stimpson, 1907: 230 (Port Jackson, 11 m).— Hale, 1927: 78, fig. 74 (no record).— Lewinsohn, 1967: 180, figs 1–13 (Port Jackson, 5.5 m).— McNeill, 1968: 33 (Great Barrier Reef, Low Island, subtidal).— Haig, 1973: 277 (Cliffy I. off Corner Inlet, Victoria and Spencer Gulf, South Australia, 29 m).— Haig, 1974: 446 (no record).— Davie, 2002: 60 (no record).— Poore, 2004: 232, fig. 63 f, pl. 13 d (compilation).—Baba et al., 2008: 65 (compilation).— Poore et al., 2011: 332, pl. 10 A (color photo, southern Australia). Not Galathea australiensis.— Yokoya, 1933: 57 (Suruga Bay and SE of Tsushima, 51–110 m) =? Galathea balssi Miyake & Baba, 1964. Dubious identifications: Galathea australiensis.— Ortmann, 1892: 251, pl. 11, figs 8, 8a, 8 i (Amami-oshima, Ryukyu Islands).— Borradaile, 1900: 421 (Lifu, Loyalty Islands).— De Man, 1902: 710 (Ternate).— Southwell, 1906: 220 (Sri Lanka S of Galle, off Kaltura, coral reefs in Gulf of Manaar, shallow water to 183 m).— Balss, 1913 b: 2 (Red Sea).— Laurie, 1926: 123 (Amirante, Saya De Malha Bank, Cargados Carazos, 37–146 m).— Melin, 1939: 56, figs 32–35 (Port Lloyd, Taninoura and Kopepe Bay (Bonin Islands)).— Miyake & Baba, 1966 a: 60, figs 3–5 (Ishigaki-jima, Okinawa-jima, Amami-oshima, intertidal).— Tirmizi & Javed, 1993: 55, fig. 24 (Indian Ocean). Material examined. Australia. New South Wales. Port Jackson, 33.85 °S, 151.27 °E: 2 M 3.4–4.5 mm, 4 ov. F 4.4–5.3 mm (AM-P 269).—NE Bass Point, The Humps, 34.59286 °S, 150.90611 °E, 23.5 m, 3 May 2010, 1 M 3.3 mm (AM-P 83431). Australia. Queensland. Bramton Islands, intertidal, 5 May 2009: 1 F 3.5 mm (SMF ...