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