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| Lauriea aurea Lee & Park, 2026 |
Abstract
A new species of the galatheid squat lobster genus Lauriea Baba, 1971, Lauriea aurea sp. nov., is described from Korea based on a male specimen collected from an unidentified sponge at a depth of 35 m. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by the carpi of the third pereopods bearing six or seven spines along the extensor margin, the dactyli of pereopods 2–4 with a weak but distinct blunt protuberance on the flexor margin, and a live colour pattern characterised by yellow or green spots on the carapace and medial yellow spots on pleonal tergites 1–3. Pairwise uncorrected p-distances between the new species and its seven congeners ranged from 1.61–8.10% for 16S rRNA and 6.95–17.31% for cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, supporting the recognition of L. aurea sp. nov. as a distinct species.
Key words: Anomura, Galatheoidea, mitochondrial genes, morphology, systematics, West Pacific
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| Lauriea aurea sp. nov., male holotype, MABIK CR00261542, pcl 2.8 mm, dorsal view. |
Lauriea aurea sp. nov.
Etymology. The specific name aurea is the feminine form of the Latin adjective aureus, meaning golden, and it refers to the subtle golden-yellow tint of the live colouration of the new species.
Sang-Hui Lee and Jin-Ho Park. 2026. A New Species of the squat lobster Genus Lauriea Baba, 1971 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from Korea. ZooKeys. 1297: 183-196. DOI: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1297.209192 [11 Nov 2026]
