Galatheidae

The Galatheidae are a family of squat lobsters.

Genera

There are 11 living genera and 7 extinct genera in the family Galatheidae:

• † Acanthogalathea <small>Müller & Collins, 1991</small> – Upper Eocene
• Alainius <small>Baba, 1991</small>
• Allogalathea <small>Baba, 1969</small>
• Allomunida <small>Baba, 1988</small>
• Coralliogalathea <small>Baba & Javed, 1974</small>
• Fennerogalathea <small>Baba, 1988</small>
• Galathea <small>Fabricius, 1793</small>
• Janetogalathea <small>Baba & Wicksten, 1997</small>
• Lauriea <small>Baba, 1971</small>
• † Lessinigalathea <small>De Angeli & Garassino, 2002</small> – Lower Eocene
• † Lophoraninella <small>Glaessner, 1945</small> – Upper Cretaceous
• † Luisogalathea <small>Karasawa & Hayakawa, 2000</small> – Upper Cretaceous
• Macrothea <small>Macpherson & Cleva, 2010</small>
• † Mesogalathea <small>HouÅ¡a, 1963</small> – Upper Jurassic to Cretaceous
• Nanogalathea <small>Tirmizi & Javed, 1980</small>
• † Palaeomunida <small>Lőrenthey, 1901</small> – Upper Jurassic to Oligocene
• Phylladiorhynchus <small>Baba, 1969</small>
• † Spathagalathea <small>De Angeli & Garassino, 2002</small> – Upper Eocene

† = Extinct genus

Several genera that were previously part of Galatheidae were revised to be part of different families in 2010.

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