Galathea Explained
Galathea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae. It is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters that in 2008 contained 70 species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean)[1] (several more have been described more recently). Most species of Galathea live in shallow waters.[1]
Species
As of 2008, Galathea contains the following species:[1]
- Galathea acerata
- Galathea acis
- Galathea aegyptiaca
- Galathea aequata
- Galathea albatrossae
- Galathea amamiensis
- Galathea amboinensis
- Galathea anepipoda
- Galathea australiensis
- Galathea balssi
- Galathea bengala
- Galathea bidens
- Galathea bimaculata
- Galathea bolivari
- Galathea boninensis
- Galathea brevimana
- Galathea capillata
- Galathea cenarroi
- Galathea consobrina
- Galathea corallicola
- Galathea coralliophilus
- Galathea cymbulaerostris
- Galathea dispersa
- Galathea faiali
- Galathea formosa
- Galathea genkai
- Galathea guttata
- Galathea hispida
- Galathea inconspicua
- Galathea inflata
- Galathea intermedia
- Galathea keijii
- Galathea kuboi
- Galathea labidolepta
- Galathea latirostris
- Galathea lenis
- Galathea longimana
- Galathea longimanoides
- Galathea lumaria
- Galathea machadoi
- Galathea maculiabdominalis
- Galathea magnifica
- Galathea mauritiana
- Galathea multilineata
- Galathea nexa
- Galathea ohshimai
- Galathea omanensis
- Galathea orientalis
- Galathea patae
- Galathea paucilineata
- Galathea pilosa
- Galathea platycheles
- Galathea pubescens
- Galathea quinquespinosa
- Galathea robusta
- Galathea rostrata
- Galathea rubromaculata
- Galathea rufipes
- Galathea spinimanus
- Galathea spinosorostris
- Galathea squamea
- Galathea squamifera
- Galathea strigosa
- Galathea submagnifica
- Galathea subsquamata
- Galathea tanegashimae
- Galathea ternatensis
- Galathea tropis
- Galathea venusta
- Galathea vitiensis
- Galathea waiora
- Galathea whiteleggii
- Galathea wolffi
- Galathea yamashitai
References
- Macpherson . Enrique . Robainas-Barcia . Aymee . Species of the genus Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with descriptions of 92 new species . Zootaxa . 2015 . 3913 . 1 . 1–335 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3913.1.1. 25661779 . free .
Further reading
Notes and References
- . Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura — families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae) . 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 . 1905 . 1–220 . 2008. 10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1 . free .
