Lauriea siagiani

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Lauriea siagiani
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Lauriea siagiani in a giant barrel sponge
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Galatheidae
Genus: Lauriea
Species:
L. siagiani
Binomial name
Lauriea siagiani
Baba, 1994  [1]

Lauriea siagiani, also known as the pink hairy squat lobster or the fairy crab, is a species of squat lobster in the family Galatheidae, genus Lauriea . [2]

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Description

Lauriea siagiani is a small squat lobster, up to 7 millimetres (0.28 in) long. It differs from the only other species in the genus, Lauriea gardineri by a number of features, but most obviously by the coloration: L. gardineri is pale brown with darker bands, while L. siagiani is orange or pink with red or purplish markings. [1]

Distribution and ecology

Lauriea siagiani is found around the giant sponge Xestospongia testudinaria , and has been recorded from Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan. [3]

Taxonomy

Lauriea siagiani was described in 1994 by Keiji Baba; the specific epithet commemorates Wilhelm Siagian, who collected the type material. [1] The species had been previously illustrated by the photographer Roger Steene (as "Galathea sp."), from which Baba recognised that it must represent a new species. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Keiji Baba (1994). "Lauriea siagiani, a new galatheid (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from Bali, Indonesia". Crustacean Research . 23: 40–45.
  2. ↑ Enrique Macpherson (2012). "Lauriea siagiani Baba, 1994". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  3. ↑ Masayuki Osawa & Junji Okuno (2004). "Lauriea siagiani Baba, 1994 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Galatheidae) from Hachijo-jima Island, the Izu Islands, Japan" (PDF). Biogeography . 6: 57–62.
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