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| Genus: | Alainius Baba, 1991 |
| Species: | A. crosnieri |
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Alainius crosnieri is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Galatheidae. [1]
The Galatheidae are a family of squat lobsters.
Galathea strigosa is a species of squat lobster in the family Galatheidae. It is found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, from the Nordkapp to the Canary Islands, and in the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea. It is edible, but not fished commercially. It is the largest squat lobster in the northeast Atlantic, reaching a length of 90 millimetres (3.5 in), or a carapace length of 53 mm (2.1 in), and is easily identified by the transverse blue stripes across the body.
Nanogalathea raymondi is a species of squat lobster from the Bay of Bengal. It is the only species in the genus Nanogalathea. It can be distinguished from other squat lobsters by the lack of any teeth along the edge of the rostrum. The specific epithet raymondi commemorates the carcinologist Raymond B. Manning.
Allogalathea elegans is a species of squat lobster that is sometimes kept in marine aquariums. Despite their common name, they are more closely related to hermit crabs than lobsters.
Hapaloptyx difficilis is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Chirostylidae.
Pseudomunida fragilis is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Chirostylidae.
Allomunida magnicheles is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Galatheidae.
Anomoeomunida is a monotypic squat lobster genus in the family Munididae. The sole a species of is Anomoeomunida caribensis. It occurs in the western Atlantic.
Coralliogalathea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae. Initially thought to be monotypic, solely represented by Coralliogalathea humilis, recent analysis has split the genus into six, morphologically similar but genetically different species.
Enriquea leviantennata is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.
Fennerogalathea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae, containing the following species:
Heteronida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. They occur in the western Pacific Ocean.
Janetogalathea californiensis is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Galatheidae.
Lauriea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae, containing the following species:
Neonida grandis is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.
Phylladiorhynchus is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae, containing the following species:
Plesionida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. As of 2017, it contains the following species:
Setanida cristata is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.
Shinkaia crosnieri is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munidopsidae. S. crosnieri lives in deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems, living off of the chemosynthetic activity of certain bacteria living on its setae.
Tasmanida norfolkae is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.
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