New addition to the galatheid fauna of Japan

In the previous paper (Baba, 1969) the writer pointed out that two of the species will be newly added to the galatheid fauna of Japan, on which additional details are herein mentioned. The first species, collected from Amami-oshima, one of the Ryukyus, was identified as Galathea inflata Potts which is originally reported to be associated with a crinoid found on the coral reef of Murray Island, the Torres Straits. The present material was unexpectedly collected among the cavities of coral rocks. The second species, Munida elegantissima de Man, was from two different localities, off Honshu and Southern Kyushu. The range of the species is said to be from Zanzibar through Amirante to the Malay Archipelago. Both of the species, therefore, extend their known range far northwards to the Japanese waters. The writer is greatly indebted to Prof. S. Miyake for his helpful suggestions and encouragement. Thanks are also due to Mr. Y. Kurata, Mr. M. Takeda of Kyushu University, and Mr. Y. Ushio of Kagoshima University who kindly placed materials a t the writer 's disposal