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Coralliogalathea
Sign in to saveCoralliogalathea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae. Initially thought to be monotypic, solely represented by Coralliogalathea humilis, recent analysis has split the genus into six, morphologically similar but genetically different species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyGalatheidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Galatheidae
- Collections
- MNHN, UF
- Recorded in
- Jma Maurice/Seychelles, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Philippines, Australia
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- Parent taxon
- Galatheidae
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- Coralliogalathea
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Coralliogalathea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae. Initially thought to be monotypic, solely represented by Coralliogalathea humilis, recent analysis has split the genus into six, morphologically similar but genetically different species.
==Species== Coralliogalathea humilis Nobili, 1905 Coralliogalathea joae Rodríguez-Flores, et al., 2018 Coralliogalathea megalochira Nobili, 1906 Coralliogalathea minuta Rodríguez-Flores, et al., 2018 Coralliogalathea parva Rodríguez-Flores, et al., 2018 Coralliogalathea tridentirostris Miyake, 1953
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