Squat lobsters (Decapoda: Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea) from Saya de Malha Bank, SW Indian Ocean, with the descriptions of three new species

2025/08/28 by Enrique Macpherson, Annie Machordom · 1 voice
Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Crustacean biology and ecology #Fish Biology and Ecology Studies #Marine and fisheries research

paper · pdf · doi:10.5852/ejt.2025.1012.3031

openalex publication_date 2025/08/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

Specimens of galatheoid and chirostyloid squat lobsters were collected during a scientific cruise to the Saya de Malha Bank in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Nineteen species were identified, including three new species belonging to the genera Coralliogalathea Baba & Javed, 1974, Galathea Fabricius, 1793 and Trapezionida Macpherson & Baba, 2022. The present paper provides systematic accounts of the three new species, along with new locality records of other species. Molecular data are provided to support the identification and differentiation of each new species.

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