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Squat lobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are found in the two superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, which form part of the decapod infraorder Anomura, alongside groups including the hermit crabs and mole crabs. They are distributed worldwide in the oceans, and occur from near the surface to deep sea hydrothermal vents, with one species occupying caves above sea level. More than 900 species have been described, in around 60 genera. Some species form dense aggregations, either on the sea floor or in the water column, and a small number are commercially fished.
The Galatheidae are a family of squat lobsters.
Galathea strigosa is a species of squat lobster 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.
Alainius crosnieri is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Galatheidae.
Allomunida magnicheles is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Galatheidae.
Anomoeomunida caribensis is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.
Anoplonida is a genus of squat lobsters, which are flattened dorsoventrally, in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Babamunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Bathymunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
Cervimunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
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.
Heteronida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
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:
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:
Tasmanida norfolkae is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.
Torbenella is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:
The Galatheoidea are a superfamily of decapod crustaceans comprising the porcelain crabs and some squat lobsters. Squat lobsters within the three families of the superfamily Chirostyloidea are not closely related to the squat lobsters within the Galatheoidea. The fossil record of the superfamily extends back to the Middle Jurassic genus Palaeomunidopsis.
The Munididae are a family of squat lobsters, taxonomically separated from the family Galatheidae in 2010.
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- ↑ Keiji Baba; Enrique Macpherson; Gary C. B. Poore; Shane T. Ahyong; Adriana Bermudez; Patricia Cabezas; Chia-Wei Lin; Martha Nizinski; Celso Rodrigues; Kareen E. Schnabel (2008). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura – families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1905: 1–220.
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