Galathea

Galathea
Galathea squamifera
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Galatheidae
Genus: Galathea
Fabricius, 1793 
Type species
Cancer strigosus
Linnaeus, 1761 
Species

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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 73 species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 25 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean) (several more have been described more recently). Most species of Galathea live in shallow waters.

Species

As of 2008, Galathea contains the following species:

References

  1. ^ "Galathea Fabricius, 1793". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d 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 (2008). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura — families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1905: 1–220. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1.
  3. ^ a b c "Galathea Fabricius, 1793". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

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