This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal volume Rodriguez-Flores, Paula C., Machordom, Annie, Macpherson, Enrique (2017): Three new species of squat lobsters of the genus Fennerogalathea Baba, 1988 (Decapoda: Galatheidae) from the Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4276 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.1.2

Abstract

The genus Fennerogalathea Baba, 1988 was known to contain two species: F. chacei Baba, 1988, the type species, from the Philippines, Taiwan and Indonesia and F. chirostyloides Tirmizi & Javed, 1993 from the Bay of Bengal. In the present study, three new species of the genus are described and illustrated: F. chani n. sp. from Papua New Guinea, F. cultrata n. sp. from New Caledonia and Vanuatu and F. ensifera n. sp. from Fiji. The new species are morphologically distinguishable on the basis of the shape and spination of the rostrum and the presence/absence of a small spine on the frontal margin of the carapace. The species also show clear genetic differences (COI and 16S rDNA) among them.

Key words: Crustacea, Anomura, morphology, mitochondrial genes, West Pacific

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/a3835af5-d8ea-48a7-a3c4-559b9f66f45d
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/4A74D67B4C32DB6CFFA1FFFCFF95FF8E
Citation: Rodriguez-Flores P C, Machordom A, Macpherson E, plazi (2017). Three new species of squat lobsters of the genus Fennerogalathea Baba, 1988 (Decapoda: Galatheidae) from the Pacific Ocean. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4276.1.2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.