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Family of crustaceans
The Galatheidae are a
family of
squat lobsters.
Genera
There are 11 living genera
[1] and 7 extinct genera in the family Galatheidae:
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Acanthogalathea Müller & Collins, 1991 – Upper Eocene
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Alainius Baba, 1991
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Allogalathea Baba, 1969
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Allomunida Baba, 1988
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Coralliogalathea Baba & Javed, 1974
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Fennerogalathea Baba, 1988
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Galathea Fabricius, 1793
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Janetogalathea Baba & Wicksten, 1997
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Lauriea Baba, 1971
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Lessinigalathea De Angeli & Garassino, 2002 – Lower Eocene
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Lophoraninella Glaessner, 1945 – Upper Cretaceous
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Luisogalathea Karasawa & Hayakawa, 2000 – Upper Cretaceous
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Macrothea Macpherson & Cleva, 2010
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Mesogalathea Houša, 1963 – Upper Jurassic to Cretaceous
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Nanogalathea Tirmizi & Javed, 1980
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Palaeomunida Lőrenthey, 1901 – Upper Jurassic to Oligocene
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Phylladiorhynchus Baba, 1969
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Spathagalathea De Angeli & Garassino, 2002 – Upper Eocene
† = Extinct genus
Several genera that were previously part of Galatheidae were revised to be part of different families in 2010
[2].
References
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^ 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.
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^ 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.