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Galatheidae

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Galatheidae
Galathea strigosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Superfamily: Galatheoidea
Family: Galatheidae
Samouelle, 1819
Genera

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The Galatheidae are a family of squat lobsters.

Genera

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There are 11 living genera[1] and 7 extinct genera in the family Galatheidae:

† = Extinct genus

Several genera that were previously part of Galatheidae were revised to be part of different families in 2010[2].

References

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  1. ^ Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G. C. B.; Ahyong, S. T.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. E. (2008). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)". Zootaxa. 1905 (1): 1–220.
  2. ^ Ahyong, S. T.; Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G. C. B. (2010). "A new classification of the Galatheoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2676: 57–68.