''Lauriea'' is a genus 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 in the family
Galatheidae
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'' ...
, containing the following species:
* ''
Lauriea gardineri''
(Laurie, 1926)
* ''
Lauriea siagiani''
Baba, 1994
The genus was named in 1971 by Keiji Baba in honour of
R. D. Laurie, who discovered the first species.
References
Squat lobsters
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