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Galatheidae
Sign in to saveThe Galatheidae are a family of squat lobsters.
Species
squat lobsters
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyGalatheidae
Munidopsis serricornis (Galatheidae) 鎧甲蝦（Squat lobsters），也直譯作蹲龍蝦，是一種腹部扁平的甲殼類動物，有長的尾巴，往下彎至胸部。現時鎧甲蝦類生物可大致分為兩大家族：鎧甲蝦總科（Galatheoidea）及劣柱蝦總科（Chirostyloidea），兩者與寄居蟹及Hippoidea均為十足目異尾下目的成員。本類物種分佈於全世界各個海洋，從近水面到深海均有。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,343
- With media
- 180
- Family
- Galatheidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Galatheoidea
- Image
- Galathea intermedia.jpg
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- Category:Squat lobsters
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Galatheidae
- taxon common name
- trollhummer
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Galatheidae are a family of squat lobsters.
==Genera== There are 11 living genera and 7 extinct genera in the family Galatheidae: † Acanthogalathea Müller & Collins, 1991 – Upper Eocene Alainius Baba, 1991 Allogalathea Baba, 1969 Allomunida Baba, 1988 Coralliogalathea Baba & Javed, 1974 Fennerogalathea Baba, 1988 Galathea Fabricius, 1793 Janetogalathea Baba & Wicksten, 1997 Lauriea Baba, 1971 † Lessinigalathea De Angeli & Garassino, 2002 – Lower Eocene † Lophoraninella Glaessner, 1945 – Upper Cretaceous † Luisogalathea Karasawa & Hayakawa, 2000 – Upper Cretaceous Macrothea Macpherson & Cleva, 2010 † Mesogalathea Houša, 1963 – Upper Jurassic to Cretaceous Nanogalathea Tirmizi & Javed, 1980 † Palaeomunida Lőrenthey, 1901 – Upper Jurassic to Oligocene Phylladiorhynchus Baba, 1969 † Spathagalathea De Angeli & Garassino, 2002 – Upper Eocene † = Extinct genus
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