''Galathea'' is one of the largest
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
of
squat lobster
Squat lobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are found in the two superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, which form part of the decapod infraorder Anomura, alongside ...
s, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
, 22 in the
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...
and 43 in the
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
).
Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Species
''Galathea'' contains 70 species:
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Galathea aegyptiaca''
Paul'son, 1875
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Galathea albatrossae
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
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Baba, 1988
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Galathea amamiensis''
Miyake & Baba, 1966
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Galathea amboinensis''
De Man, 1888
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Galathea anepipoda
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
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Baba, 1990
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Galathea australiensis
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
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Stimpson, 1858
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Galathea balssi
''Galathea balssi'' is a species of squat lobster found throughout the tropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific. ''Galathea balssi'' is a small crustacean, growing up to in carapace length, including the rostrum
Rostrum may refer to:
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Miyake & Baba, 1964
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Galathea bengala
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Species ...
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Tirmizi & Javed, 1993
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Galathea bidens
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Species ...
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Baba, 1988
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Galathea bimaculata
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Species ...
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Miyake & Baba, 1966
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Galathea bolivari
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Species ...
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Zariquiey Álvarez, 1950
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Galathea boninensis
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Species ...
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Miyake & Baba, 1965
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Galathea brevimana
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Species ...
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Paul'son, 1875
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Galathea capillata
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Species ...
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Miyake & Baba, 1970
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Galathea cenarroi
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Species ...
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Zariquiey Álvarez, 1968
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Galathea consobrina
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Species ...
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De Man, 1902
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Galathea corallicola''
Haswell, 1882
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Galathea coralliophilus''
Baba & Oh, 1990
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Galathea cymbulaerostris''
Tirmizi, 1966
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Galathea dispersa''
Bate, 1859
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Galathea faiali''
Nunes-Ruivo, 1961
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Galathea formosa''
De Man, 1902
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Galathea genkai
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Specie ...
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Miyake & Baba, 1964
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Galathea guttata''
Osawa, 2004
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Galathea hispida''
Baba, 2005
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Galathea inconspicua''
Henderson, 1885
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Galathea inflata
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
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Potts, 1915
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Galathea intermedia
''Galathea intermedia'' is a species of squat lobster found in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean, as far north as Troms, Norway, south to Dakar and the Mediterranean Sea.
''G. intermedia'' is the smallest species of squat lobster in the North Sea ...
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Liljeborg, 1851
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Galathea keijii
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Species ...
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Tirzimi & Javed, 1993
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Galathea kuboi''
Miyake & Baba, 1967
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Galathea labidolepta
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genus, genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
...
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Stimpson, 1858
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Galathea latirostris''
Dana, 1852
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Galathea lenis''
Baba, 1969
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Galathea longimana''
Paul'son, 1875
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Galathea longimanoides''
Johnson, 1970
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Galathea lumaria
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Specie ...
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Baba, 2005
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Galathea machadoi''
Barrois, 1888
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Galathea maculiabdominalis''
Baba, 1972
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Galathea magnifica''
Haswell, 1882
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Galathea mauritiana''
Bouvier, 1914
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Galathea multilineata''
Balss, 1913
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Galathea nexa''
Embleton, 1834
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Galathea ohshimai''
Miyake & Baba, 1967
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Galathea omanensis
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genus, genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
...
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Tirmizi & Javed, 1993
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Galathea orientalis''
Stimpson, 1858
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Galathea patae''
Osawa, 2006
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Galathea paucilineata''
Benedict, 1902
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Galathea pilosa''
De Man, 1888
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Galathea platycheles''
Miyake, 1953
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Galathea pubescens
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Specie ...
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Stimpson, 1858
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Galathea quinquespinosa''
(Balss, 1913)
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Galathea robusta''
Baba, 1990
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Galathea rostrata''
A. Milne Edwards 1880
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Galathea rubromaculata''
Miyake & Baba, 1967
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Galathea rufipes''
A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1894
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Galathea spinimanus''
Borradaile, 1900
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Galathea spinosorostris''
Dana, 1852
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Galathea squamea''
Baba, 1979
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Galathea squamifera
''Galathea squamifera'', the black squat lobster, or Montagu's plated lobster, is a species of squat lobster that lives in the north-east Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
Description
Adults are up to long, with a carapace long; the body ...
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Leach, 1814
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Galathea strigosa
''Galathea strigosa'' is a species of squat lobster found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, from the Nordkapp to the Canary Islands, and in the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, ...
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(Linnaeus, 1761)
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Galathea submagnifica''
Laurie, 1926
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Galathea subsquamata
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genus, genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
...
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Stimpson, 1858
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Galathea tanegashimae''
Baba, 1969
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Galathea ternatensis''
De Man, 1902
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Galathea tropis
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
Specie ...
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Baba, 2005
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Galathea venusta''
Miyake & Baba, 1970
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Galathea vitiensis''
Dana, 1852
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Galathea whiteleggii
''Galathea'' is one of the largest genus, genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of ''Galathea'' live in shallow waters.
...
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Grant & McCulloch, 1906
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Galathea wolffi''
Miyake & Baba, 1970
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Galathea yamashitai''
Miyake & Baba, 1967
References
Macpherson, E.; Robainas-Barcia, A. (2015). ''Species of the genus Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with descriptions of 92 new species.'' Zootaxa. 3913(1): 1-335
Further reading
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Squat lobsters
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