A new record for Galathea ternatensis de Man from Kyushu, Japan (Crustacea, Anomura)

Examining galatheids collected off Tomioka, Amakusa Islands, on the west side of Kyushu where stands the Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory of Kyushu University, we found that only one specimen agreed in general with Galathea orientalis var. ternatensis which was at first described by de Man and later by Melin as C. ternatcnsis. This species is rare and perhaps new to the fauna of Japan, so far as we know. This specimen at our disposal was collected by Mr. Taiji Kikuchi of the Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory, to whom we wish to express our hearty thanks for his kindness to send us the material