A new species of the squat lobster genus Galathea Fabricius, 1793 from Lakshadweep, India (Crustacea: Decapoda: Galatheidae) Author Sureandiran, B. 0000-0002-7308-3607 ICAR - National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow 226 002, India. & Faculty of Fisheries Science, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi 682 506, India. sureandiranbfsc@gmail.com Author Divya, P. R. 0000-0003-1492-8005 ICAR - National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow 226 002, India. divyanbfgr@gmail.com Author Naeem, U. P. Mohammed 0009-0003-9960-3548 ICAR - National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow 226 002, India. & Faculty of Fisheries Science, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi 682 506, India. naeemupkalpeni@gmail.com Author Sundaramanickam, A. 0000-0002-2682-445X Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai 608 502, India. fish_lar@yahoo.com Author Kumar, T. T. Ajith 0000-0003-4842-9562 ICAR - National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow 226 002, India. ttajith87@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2026 2026-02-09 5757 4 382 392 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5757.4.6 journal article 315147 10.11646/zootaxa.5757.4.6 9c912824-c8db-4552-90b9-44ffa389fd68 1175-5326 19173973 629DD8DD-2C12-4294-BDEE-F720CA6CE1C5

TABLE 2. Pairwise genetic distances (Kimura 2-parameter model) based on 16S sequences of G. balasubramaniani sp. nov. and close relatives.

Sl. No.	Species	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	PV056479 Galathea balasubramaniani sp. nov.
2	KP203566 Galathea acis	0.034
3	KP203410 Galathea acis	0.036	0.009
4	KP203409 Galathea acis	0.036	0.009	0.005
5	KP203408 Galathea acis	0.034	0.005	0.009	0.009
6	KP203407 Galathea acis	0.031	0.002	0.007	0.007	0.002
7	KP203403 Galathea senta	0.169	0.178	0.172	0.178	0.178	0.175
8	EU821543 Allogalathea elegans	0.109	0.128	0.125	0.125	0.128	0.125	0.145