Lauriea siagiani, a new galatheid (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from Bali, Indonesia

Abstract

Lauriea siagiani new species from Bali, Indonesia is the second species of the genus. It is differentiated from Lauriea gardineri (Laurie, 1926) by lack of spines on both the distomesial margin of the antennular basal segment and the mesial margin of the second segment of the antennal peduncle, more slender distal segments of the antennule, more elongate eyestalks, less prominent anterior margin of the third thoracic sternite, and by different coloration.