Galathea
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| Galathea squamifera | |
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| Genus: | Galathea |
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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]
- Galathea aegyptiaca Paul'son, 1875
- 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 whiteleggii Grant & McCulloch, 1906
- Galathea wolffi Miyake & Baba, 1970
- Galathea yamashitai Miyake & Baba, 1967
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.
References
- ^ "Galathea Fabricius, 1793". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- ^ 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.
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