Galathea

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Galathea
Galathea squamifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Galatheidae
Genus: Galathea
Fabricius, 1793 [1]
Type species
Cancer strigosus
Linnaeus, 1761 [2]
Species

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Galathea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae.[3] 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)[2] (several more have been described more recently[3]). Most species of Galathea live in shallow waters.[2]

Species

As of 2008, Galathea contains the following species:[2][3]

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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