Galatheoidea
Sign in to saveThe Galatheoidea are a superfamily of decapod crustaceans comprising the porcelain crabs and some squat lobsters. Squat lobsters within the three families of the superfamily Chirostyloidea are not closely related to the squat lobsters within the Galatheoidea. The fossil record of the superfamily extends back to the Middle Jurassic genus Palaeomunidopsis.
Species
squat lobsters
Superfamily
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- Collections
- ALMNH, UF
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, Timor-Leste, United States
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- Galatheoidea
- taxon name
- Galatheoidea
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- superfamily
- topic's main category
- Category:Galatheoidea
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- Classification
- Fossil record
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- References
The Galatheoidea are a superfamily of decapod crustaceans comprising the porcelain crabs and some squat lobsters. Squat lobsters within the three families of the superfamily Chirostyloidea are not closely related to the squat lobsters within the Galatheoidea. The fossil record of the superfamily extends back to the Middle Jurassic genus Palaeomunidopsis.
==Classification==
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