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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Anomura
Superfamilia: Galatheoidea

Familia: Galatheidae
Genera (18): AlainiusAllogalatheaAllomunidaCoralliogalatheaFennerogalatheaGalatheaJanetogalatheaLauriea – Macrothea – Nanogalathea – Phylladiorhynchus – †Acanthogalathea – †Hispanigalathea – †Lessinigalathea – †Lophoraninella – †Luisogalathea – †Palaeomunida – †Spathagalathea

Name

Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819
Type genus: Galathea Fabricius, 1793

References
selected references

Ahyong, S.T.; Baba, K.; MacPherson, E.; Poore, G.C.B. 2010: A new classification of the Galatheoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). Zootaxa 2676: 57–68. Preview Reference page.
Baba, K. et al. 2008: Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). Zootaxa 1905: 1–220. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page.
Dong, C.; Li, X. 2010: First records of six galatheid species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Chinese waters. Zootaxa 2343: 31–44. Preview

Links

BHL bibliography
Galatheidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Galatheidae.
ION
Türkay, M. (2012). Galatheidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106733 on 2012-05-10

Vernacular names
中文: 铠甲虾科

The Galatheidae are a family of squat lobsters.
Genera

There are 11 living genera[1] and 7 extinct genera in the family Galatheidae:

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

† = Extinct genus

Several genera that were previously part of Galatheidae were revised to be part of different families in 2010[2].
References

Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G. C. B.; Ahyong, S. T.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. E. (2008). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)". Zootaxa. 1905 (1): 1–220.
Ahyong, S. T.; Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G. C. B. (2010). "A new classification of the Galatheoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2676: 57–68.

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