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Galatheidae  Samouelle, 1819
Taxonomic Serial No.: 97964

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): squat lobsters [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                               OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                                  SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                     InfraorderAnomura MacLeay, 1838  
                                        SuperfamilyGalatheoidea Samouelle, 1819 – squat lobsters, porcelain crabs  
                                           FamilyGalatheidae Samouelle, 1819 – squat lobsters  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Genus Alainius Baba, 1991  
                                              Genus Allogalathea Baba, 1969  
                                              Genus Allomunida Baba, 1988  
                                              Genus Coralliogalathea Baba & Javed, 1974  
                                              Genus Fennerogalathea Baba, 1988  
                                              Genus Galathea Fabricius, 1793  
                                              Genus Lauriea Baba, 1971  
                                              Genus Macrothea Macpherson & Cleva, 2010  
                                              Genus Nanogalathea Tirmizi & Javed, 1980  
                                              Genus Phylladiorhynchus Baba, 1969  
                                              Genus Triodonthea Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2013  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Galatheidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ahyong, Shane T., Keiji Baba, Enrique MacPherson, and Gary C. B. Poore  
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: A new classification of the Galatheoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 2676   
  Page(s): 57-68   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
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  Reference for: Galatheidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Baba, Keiji, Enrique MacPherson, Gary C. B. Poore, Shane T. Ahyong, Adriana Bermudez, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 1905   
  Page(s): 1-220   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
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  Reference for: Galatheidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Martin, Joel W., and George E. Davis  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Science Series 39   
  Page(s): 124   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1-891276-27-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Galatheidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McLaughlin, P. A., D. K. Camp, M. V. Angel, E. L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31   
  Page(s): 545   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-64-6, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Galatheidae, squat lobsters [English]   
       

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