Galene (crab)

Galene Temporal range: Pliocene - Quaternary PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Galene granulifera from Pliocene of Taiwan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Superfamily:	Pilumnoidea
Family:	Galenidae
Genus:	Galene De Haan, 1833

Galene is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Galenidae

Fossil record[]

Fossils of Galene are found in marine strata from Pliocene to Quaternary (age range: from 5.332 to 0.012 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Malaysia, New Zealand and Taiwan.^[1]

Species[]

Species within this genus include:^[1]

• Herbst 1804
• † Lin 1947
• †' Milne-Edwards 1865
• †' Morris and Collins 1991

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Ng, Guinot & Davie (2008). Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 17, p. 1–286.
• De Grave & al. (2009). A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 21, p. 1-109.

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