Abstract
Shallow water species of galatheid crustaceans collected in Mayotte (Comoros Island), La Réunion and Madagascar have been studied. The collection contains one species of Sadayoshia and seven species of the genus Galathea, including a new species (G. denticulata) closely related to G. amamiensis known from the Indian Ocean and western Pacific waters, a new genus (Macrothea) and species (M. bouchardi). The new genus is closely related to the genus Fennerogalathea and it is easily distinguished by the following combination of characters: (1) rostrum with 4 strong lateral teeth on each side, (2) spines present on epigastric and hepatic regions only, (3) telson completely subdivided, (4) pereiopods 2–4 dactyli sharply biunguiculate. The new genus is also close to Lauriea Baba, 1971, from which it can be differentiated, among other characters, by the shape of the endopod of uropods and the number of male gonopods.References
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