Galatheidae (squat lobsters) |
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reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 146 m |
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Fiji. |
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Maximum depth from Ref. 8423. Epizoic (Ref. 106854). Associated with crinoids (Refs. 100838, 100851). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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harmless |
Type locality, Corregidor, BMNH 1843 (syntype for Galathea elegans) (Ref. 75124). Reported from Sulu Archipelago (Ref. 78400), off southeastern Mindanao, between Samar and Leyte, Sibuyan Sea, Luzon Strait off Batan (Ref. 76892). C: Ref. 79164, 81840; O: Ref. 75124, 76892, 78400. |
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