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Galathea  Fabricius, 1793
Taxonomic Serial No.: 98047

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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  
                                              GenusGalathea Fabricius, 1793  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Species Galathea acerata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea acis Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea aculeata Haswell, 1882  
                                                 Species Galathea aegyptiaca Paul'son, 1875  
                                                 Species Galathea aequata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea ahyongi Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea albatrossae Baba, 1988  
                                                 Species Galathea algae Baba, 1969  
                                                 Species Galathea amamiensis Miyake & Baba, 1966  
                                                 Species Galathea amboinensis De Man, 1888  
                                                 Species Galathea anepipoda Baba, 1990  
                                                 Species Galathea anoplos Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea anouchkae Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea argus Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea atua Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea australiensis Stimpson, 1858  
                                                 Species Galathea autahi Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea babai Dong & X. Li, 2010  
                                                 Species Galathea balssi Miyake & Baba, 1964  
                                                 Species Galathea barbata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea barbellata Macpherson, 2012  
                                                 Species Galathea bengala Tirmizi & Javed, 1993  
                                                 Species Galathea bidens Baba, 1988  
                                                 Species Galathea bimaculata Miyake & Baba, 1966  
                                                 Species Galathea boisselierae Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea bolivari Zariquiey Álvarez, 1950  
                                                 Species Galathea boninensis Miyake & Baba, 1965  
                                                 Species Galathea boucheti Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea bracteosa Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea brevimana Paul'son, 1875  
                                                 Species Galathea caesariata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea capillata Miyake & Baba, 1970  
                                                 Species Galathea celiae Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea cenarroi Zariquiey Álvarez, 1968  
                                                 Species Galathea cephyra Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea ceti Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea chura Osawa & Higashiji, 2012  
                                                 Species Galathea ciliosa Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea clarki Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea connudata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea consobrina De Man, 1902  
                                                 Species Galathea continua Baba & Fujita, 2008  
                                                 Species Galathea corallicola Haswell, 1882  
                                                 Species Galathea coralliophilus Baba & Oh, 1990  
                                                 Species Galathea corbariae Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea crinita Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea cymbulaerostris Tirmizi, 1966  
                                                 Species Galathea cymo Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea cymothoe Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea denticulata Macpherson & Cleva, 2010  
                                                 Species Galathea dispersa Spence Bate, 1859  
                                                 Species Galathea echinata Macpherson, 2012  
                                                 Species Galathea eione Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea eridani Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea erythrina Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea eucrante Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea eulimene Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea eupompe Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea faiali Nunes-Ruivo, 1961  
                                                 Species Galathea formosa De Man, 1902  
                                                 Species Galathea furfurea Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea galene Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea ganindo Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea genkai Miyake & Baba, 1964  
                                                 Species Galathea gladiola Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea gnoma Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea gruis Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea guttata Osawa, 2004  
                                                 Species Galathea halia Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea hispida Baba, 2005  
                                                 Species Galathea hispidissima Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea homologa Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea hydrae Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea imitata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea inconspicua Henderson, 1885  
                                                 Species Galathea inermis Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea inflata Potts, 1915  
                                                 Species Galathea intermedia Lilljeborg, 1851  
                                                 Species Galathea johnsoni C.-W. Lin & Osawa, 2016  
                                                 Species Galathea kuboi Miyake & Baba, 1967  
                                                 Species Galathea labidolepta Stimpson, 1858  
                                                 Species Galathea latirostris Dana, 1852  
                                                 Species Galathea lemaitrei Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea lemniscata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea lenis Baba, 1969  
                                                 Species Galathea lepidota Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea leporis Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea leptocheir Baba & Fujita, 2008  
                                                 Species Galathea lingadua Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea longimana Paul'son, 1875  
                                                 Species Galathea longimanoides Johnson, 1970  
                                                 Species Galathea longioculata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea lumaria Baba, 2005  
                                                 Species Galathea machadoi Barrois, 1888  
                                                 Species Galathea machaera Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea machordomae Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea maculiabdominalis Baba, 1972  
                                                 Species Galathea magnifica Haswell, 1882  
                                                 Species Galathea mariae Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea mauritiana Bouvier, 1914  
                                                 Species Galathea melobosis Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea micra Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea minima Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea minutiae Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea multicristata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea multilineata Balss, 1913  
                                                 Species Galathea nasimae Karasawa, 2019  
                                                 Species Galathea nexa Embleton, 1834  
                                                 Species Galathea nicobarica Tiwari, Padate, Cubelio & Osawa, 2022  
                                                 Species Galathea nuda Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea ohshimai Miyake & Baba, 1967  
                                                 Species Galathea omanensis Tirmizi & Javed, 1993  
                                                 Species Galathea orientalis Stimpson, 1858  
                                                 Species Galathea paleroi Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea parvula Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea pascualae Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea patae Osawa, 2006  
                                                 Species Galathea patriciae Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea paucilineata J. E. Benedict, 1902  
                                                 Species Galathea paulae Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea paulayi Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea pauxilla Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea peitho Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea perone Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea phalangis Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea pilosa De Man, 1888  
                                                 Species Galathea platycheles Miyake, 1953  
                                                 Species Galathea ploto Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea politula Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea polydora Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea polyphemus Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea poupini Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea profunda Macpherson, 2012  
                                                 Species Galathea providentia Laurie, 1926  
                                                 Species Galathea psila Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea pubescens Stimpson, 1858  
                                                 Species Galathea pubipes Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea punctata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea quinquespinosa (Balss, 1913)  
                                                 Species Galathea rangi Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea raventosae Macpherson, 2012  
                                                 Species Galathea rhaphidia Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea robusta Baba, 1990  
                                                 Species Galathea rostrata A. Milne-Edwards, 1880  
                                                 Species Galathea rubrispina Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea rubromaculata Miyake & Baba, 1967  
                                                 Species Galathea rufipes A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894  
                                                 Species Galathea ryuguu Osawa, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea samadiae Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea sanctae Macpherson, 2012  
                                                 Species Galathea schnabelae Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea scolopia Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea senta Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea sentosa Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea setigera Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea simulata Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea sinensis Dong & X. Li, 2010  
                                                 Species Galathea spinimanus Borradaile, 1900  
                                                 Species Galathea spinosorostris Dana, 1852  
                                                 Species Galathea squamea Baba, 1979  
                                                 Species Galathea squamifera Leach, 1814  
                                                 Species Galathea strigosa (Linnaeus, 1760)  
                                                 Species Galathea submagnifica Laurie, 1926  
                                                 Species Galathea subsquamata Stimpson, 1858  
                                                 Species Galathea tagaloa Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea tagaro Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea tanegashimae Baba, 1969  
                                                 Species Galathea ternatensis De Man, 1902  
                                                 Species Galathea tirmiziae Tiwari, Padate, Cubelio & Osawa, 2022  
                                                 Species Galathea tongi Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea tribulosa Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea tropis Baba, 2005  
                                                 Species Galathea venusta Miyake & Baba, 1970  
                                                 Species Galathea villosa Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea vitiensis Dana, 1852  
                                                 Species Galathea waiora Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2015  
                                                 Species Galathea whiteleggii Grant & McCulloch, 1906  
                                                 Species Galathea wolffi Miyake & Baba, 1970  
                                                 Species Galathea yamashitai Miyake & Baba, 1967  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Galathea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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: Galathea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Macpherson, Enrique, and Aymee Robainas-Barcia  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Species of the genus Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with descriptions of 92 new species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3913, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-335   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3913.1.1   
  Reference for: Galathea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs, Jr., R. B. Manning, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17   
  Page(s): 77   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-49-0, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Galathea   
       

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