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Galenidae is a family of crabs, one of three in the superfamily Pilumnoidea. It contains four
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 ...
, three of which are
monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
. At present five species have been described in this family.


Genera and species

*'' Dentoxanthus'' Stephensen, 1946Davie, P. (2012). Dentoxanthus iranicus Stephensen, 1945. Geraadpleegd via: World Register of Marine Species op http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=442348 **''Dentoxanthus iranicus'' (monotypic) *'' Galene'' De Haan, 1833 **''Galene bispinosa'' (monotypic) *'' Halimede'' De Haan, 1835 **''Halimede fragifer'' **''Halimede octhodes'' *'' Parapanope'' De Man, 1895 **''Parapanope euagora'' (monotypic)


References


Further reading

*Ng, Guinot & Davie (2008). Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 17, p. 1–286. *De Grave & al. (2009). A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 21, p. 1-109.


External links

Pilumnoidea Decapod families {{crab-stub