Galathea

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Galathea
Galathea squamifera.jpg
Galathea squamifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Anomura
Family:
Galatheidae
Genus:
Galathea

Fabricius, 1793 [1]
Type species
Cancer strigosus
Linnaeus, 1761 [2]
Species

See text

Galathea is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean).[2] Most species of Galathea live in shallow waters.[2]

Species[]

Galathea contains 70 species:[2]

  • Paul'son, 1875
  • Baba, 1988
  • Miyake & Baba, 1966
  • De Man, 1888
  • Baba, 1990
  • Stimpson, 1858
  • Galathea balssi Miyake & Baba, 1964
  • Tirmizi & Javed, 1993
  • Baba, 1988
  • Miyake & Baba, 1966
  • Zariquiey Álvarez, 1950
  • Miyake & Baba, 1965
  • Paul'son, 1875
  • Miyake & Baba, 1970
  • Zariquiey Álvarez, 1968
  • De Man, 1902
  • Haswell, 1882
  • Baba & Oh, 1990
  • Tirmizi, 1966
  • Bate, 1859
  • Nunes-Ruivo, 1961
  • De Man, 1902
  • Miyake & Baba, 1964
  • Osawa, 2004
  • Baba, 2005
  • Henderson, 1885
  • Potts, 1915
  • Galathea intermedia Liljeborg, 1851
  • Tirzimi & Javed, 1993
  • Miyake & Baba, 1967
  • Stimpson, 1858
  • Dana, 1852
  • Baba, 1969
  • Paul'son, 1875
  • Johnson, 1970
  • Baba, 2005
  • Barrois, 1888
  • Baba, 1972
  • Haswell, 1882
  • Bouvier, 1914
  • Balss, 1913
  • Embleton, 1834
  • Miyake & Baba, 1967
  • Tirmizi & Javed, 1993
  • Stimpson, 1858
  • Osawa, 2006
  • Benedict, 1902
  • De Man, 1888
  • Miyake, 1953
  • Stimpson, 1858
  • (Balss, 1913)
  • Baba, 1990
  • A. Milne Edwards 1880
  • Miyake & Baba, 1967
  • A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1894
  • Borradaile, 1900
  • Dana, 1852
  • Baba, 1979
  • Galathea squamifera Leach, 1814
  • Galathea strigosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Laurie, 1926
  • Stimpson, 1858
  • Baba, 1969
  • De Man, 1902
  • Baba, 2005
  • Miyake & Baba, 1970
  • Dana, 1852
  • Grant & McCulloch, 1906
  • Miyake & Baba, 1970
  • Miyake & Baba, 1967

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.

Further reading[]

  • James E. Benedict (1902). "Descriptions of a new genus and forty-six new species of crustaceans of the family Galatheidae, with a list of the known marine species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 26 (1311): 243–334. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.26-1311.243. hdl:10088/13663. S2CID 84051061.


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