Galatheidae Explained

The Galatheidae are a family of squat lobsters.

Genera

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] .

Notes and 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) . Zootaxa . 2676 . 57–68.