Coralliogalathea, BABA & JAVED, 1974

GENUS CORALLIOGALATHEA BABA & JAVED, 1974 View in CoL

Coralliogalathea Baba & Javed, 1974: 61 View in CoL [gender: feminine]. – Baba, 2005: 67 [key]. – Baba et al., 2008: 59 [synonymies]. – Macpherson & Baba, 2011: 53.

Type species: Galathea humilis Nobili, 1905 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis: Carapacedorsallyunarmedwithtransverse striae, laterally with row of spines. Transverse ridges with numerous short fine setae and some thick plumose setae. Cardiac region poorly defined. Rostrum flattish triangular, broad at base, with three or four small lateral teeth. Abdominal somites unarmed. Telson subdivision incomplete. Sternite 3 anteriorly produced. Eyestalks short; cornea somewhat dilated and well pigmented. Antennular article 1 globular, with three distal spines, distodorsal, distolateral and distomesial. Article 1 of antennal peduncle with well-developed distomesial spine; articles 2–3 unarmed. Mxp3 ischium triangular in cross-section; merus shorter than ischium, armed with spines on flexor margin. P1 relatively short and spinose, with some finely setiferous scales, with scattered long, thick, non-plumose setae. P2–4 moderately short, with row of spines on extensor crests of meri and carpi; flexor margin of dactylus with row of distinct diminishing teeth, each bearing stiff corneous seta, ultimate tooth usually prominent, epipods absent on pereiopods. G1 absent; G2 present.