| Galathea | |
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| Galathea squamifera | |
| Scientific 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 70 species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 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]
- Galathea acerata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015
 - Galathea acis Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015
 - Galathea aegyptiaca Paul'son, 1875
 - Galathea aequata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015
 - Galathea albatrossae Baba, 1988
 - Galathea amamiensis Miyake & Baba, 1966
 - Galathea amboinensis De Man, 1888
 - Galathea anepipoda Baba, 1990
 - Galathea australiensis Stimpson, 1858
 - Galathea balssi Miyake & Baba, 1964
 - Galathea bengala Tirmizi & Javed, 1993
 - Galathea bidens Baba, 1988
 - Galathea bimaculata Miyake & Baba, 1966
 - Galathea bolivari Zariquiey Álvarez, 1950
 - Galathea boninensis Miyake & Baba, 1965
 - Galathea brevimana Paul'son, 1875
 - Galathea capillata Miyake & Baba, 1970
 - Galathea cenarroi Zariquiey Álvarez, 1968
 - Galathea consobrina De Man, 1902
 - Galathea corallicola Haswell, 1882
 - Galathea coralliophilus Baba & Oh, 1990
 - Galathea cymbulaerostris Tirmizi, 1966
 - Galathea dispersa Bate, 1859
 - Galathea faiali Nunes-Ruivo, 1961
 - Galathea formosa De Man, 1902
 - Galathea genkai Miyake & Baba, 1964
 - Galathea guttata Osawa, 2004
 - Galathea hispida Baba, 2005
 - Galathea inconspicua Henderson, 1885
 - Galathea inflata Potts, 1915
 - Galathea intermedia Liljeborg, 1851
 - Galathea keijii Tirzimi & Javed, 1993
 - Galathea kuboi Miyake & Baba, 1967
 - Galathea labidolepta Stimpson, 1858
 - Galathea latirostris Dana, 1852
 - Galathea lenis Baba, 1969
 - Galathea longimana Paul'son, 1875
 - Galathea longimanoides Johnson, 1970
 - Galathea lumaria Baba, 2005
 - Galathea machadoi Barrois, 1888
 - Galathea maculiabdominalis Baba, 1972
 - Galathea magnifica Haswell, 1882
 - Galathea mauritiana Bouvier, 1914
 - Galathea multilineata Balss, 1913
 - Galathea nexa Embleton, 1834
 - Galathea ohshimai Miyake & Baba, 1967
 - Galathea omanensis Tirmizi & Javed, 1993
 - Galathea orientalis Stimpson, 1858
 - Galathea patae Osawa, 2006
 - Galathea paucilineata Benedict, 1902
 - Galathea pilosa De Man, 1888
 - Galathea platycheles Miyake, 1953
 - Galathea pubescens Stimpson, 1858
 - Galathea quinquespinosa (Balss, 1913)
 - Galathea robusta Baba, 1990
 - Galathea rostrata A. Milne Edwards 1880
 - Galathea rubromaculata Miyake & Baba, 1967
 - Galathea rufipes A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1894
 - Galathea spinimanus Borradaile, 1900
 - Galathea spinosorostris Dana, 1852
 - Galathea squamea Baba, 1979
 - Galathea squamifera Leach, 1814
 - Galathea strigosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
 - Galathea submagnifica Laurie, 1926
 - Galathea subsquamata Stimpson, 1858
 - Galathea tanegashimae Baba, 1969
 - Galathea ternatensis De Man, 1902
 - Galathea tropis Baba, 2005
 - Galathea venusta Miyake & Baba, 1970
 - Galathea vitiensis Dana, 1852
 - Galathea waiora Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015
 - Galathea whiteleggii Grant & McCulloch, 1906
 - Galathea wolffi Miyake & Baba, 1970
 - Galathea yamashitai Miyake & Baba, 1967
 
References
- ↑ "Galathea Fabricius, 1793". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
 - 1 2 3 4 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.
 - 1 2 3 "Galathea Fabricius, 1793". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
 
- Macpherson, Enrique; Robainas-Barcia, Aymee (2015). "Species of the genus Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with descriptions of 92 new species". Zootaxa. 3913 (1): 1–335. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3913.1.1. PMID 25661779.
 
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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