Abstract

Eleven species of Galatheidae and five of Porcellanidae are reported from the collections of the Endeavour off the Australian coast. Munida elegantissima De Man, M. japonica Stimpson, M. microps Alcock, and Galathea balssi Miyake and Baba are reported from Australia for the first time, and the latter two species are illustrated. Galathea whiteleggii Grant and McCulloch, an Australian species not collected by the Endeavour, is illustrated and compared with the closely related G. balssi. Earlier Australian records of the other 12 Endeavour species are cited, and range extensions are established for eight of them. Keys to the known Australian species of Munida and eastern Australian species of Galathea are presented.

 
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Bibliographic Data

Short Form
Haig, 1973, Rec. Aust. Mus. 28(14): 269–289
Author
Janet Haig
Year
1973
Title
Galatheidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) collected by the F.I.S. Endeavour
Serial Title
Records of the Australian Museum
Volume
28
Issue
14
Start Page
269
End Page
289
DOI
10.3853/j.0067-1975.28.1973.411
Language
en
Date Published
13 February 1973
Cover Date
13 February 1973
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Subjects
CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA
Digitized
02 February 2009
Available Online
03 March 2009
Reference Number
411
EndNote
411.enw
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