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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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	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2023

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans
	Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802
	Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892
	Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri
	Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards
	Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
	Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838
	Superfamily	Galatheoidea Samouelle, 1819 – squat lobsters, porcelain crabs
	Family	Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 – squat lobsters
	Genus	Galathea 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


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	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
	Notes:
	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
	Publisher:
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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
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Galathea

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