Galatheidae

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Galatheidae
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Galathea strigosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Pleocyemata
Infraorder:
Anomura
Superfamily:
Galatheoidea
Family:
Galatheidae

Samouelle, 1819
Genera

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The Galatheidae are a family of squat lobsters.

Genera

There are 11 living genera [1] and 7 extinct genera in the family Galatheidae:

† = Extinct genus

Several genera that were previously part of Galatheidae were revised to be part of different families in 2010 [2] .

Related Research Articles

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.

<i>Agononida</i> Genus of crustaceans

Agononida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:

Anomoeomunida caribensis is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.

<i>Anoplonida</i> Genus of crustaceans

Anoplonida is a genus of squat lobsters, which are flattened dorsoventrally, in the family Munididae, containing the following species:

<i>Babamunida</i> Genus of crustaceans

Babamunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:

<i>Bathymunida</i> Genus of crustaceans

Bathymunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:

<i>Crosnierita</i> Genus of crustaceans

Crosnierita is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following 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:

<i>Heteronida</i> Genus of crustaceans

Heteronida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:

<i>Neonida</i> Genus of crustaceans

Neonida grandis is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.

<i>Paramunida</i> Genus of crustaceans

Paramunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:

<i>Plesionida</i> Genus of crustaceans

Plesionida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. As of 2017, it contains the following species:

<i>Pleuroncodes</i> Genus of crustaceans

Pleuroncodes is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:

Setanida cristata is a species of squat lobster in a monotypic genus in the family Munididae.

<i>Shinkaia</i> Genus of crustaceans

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.

<i>Torbenella</i> Genus of crustaceans

Torbenella is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae, containing the following species:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Galatheoidea</span> Superfamily of crustaceans

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Munididae</span> Family of crustaceans

The Munididae are a family of squat lobsters, taxonomically separated from the family Galatheidae in 2010.

References

  1. ↑ Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G. C. B.; Ahyong, S. T.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. E. (2008). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)". Zootaxa. 1905 (1): 1–220.
  2. ↑ Ahyong, S. T.; Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G. C. B. (2010). "A new classification of the Galatheoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2676: 57–68.


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