WoRMS taxon details
Galacantha bellis Henderson, 1885
392208 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:392208)
accepted
Species
Galacantha areolata Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Henderson, J. R. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Galatheidae collected during the "Challenger" expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 5.</em> 16: 407-421., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29996143 [details] 
Lectotype BMNH, geounit Juan Fernandez Islands
Lectotype BMNH, geounit Juan Fernandez Islands [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Galacantha bellis Henderson, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392208 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Henderson, J. R. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Galatheidae collected during the "Challenger" expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 5.</em> 16: 407-421., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29996143 [details]
original description (of Galacantha areolata Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. No. 21. Note on the results of the last season's deep-sea dredging. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 6) 7 (37): 1-19; 7 (38): 186-202; 7 (39): 258-272. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Galacantha areolata Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891) Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. No. 21. Note on the results of the last season's deep-sea dredging. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 6) 7 (37): 1-19; 7 (38): 186-202; 7 (39): 258-272. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220. [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype BMNH, geounit Juan Fernandez Islands [details]
