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Lauriea siagiani
Lauriea siagiani in a giant barrel sponge
Scientific classification
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

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.

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.

Distribution and ecology

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

Taxonomy

Lauriea siagiani was described in 1994 by Keiji Baba; the specific epithet commemorates Wilhelm Siagian, who collected the type material. 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.

References

1. ^ 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.

External links

• Data related to Lauriea siagiani at Wikispecies
• ZooBank
• Explorer's Log - Image and occurrence point data, link to video
• Photos of Lauriea siagiani on Sealife Collection

• Squat lobsters
• Crustaceans described in 1994