Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae
Belongs to Galathea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also De Angeli and Beschin 2008, de Angeli and Garassino 2002, De Angeli et al. 2010, Müller 1974 and Müller 1984
Sister taxa: Galathea (Acanthogalathea), Galathea affinis, Galathea antiqua, Galathea australiensis, Galathea berica, Galathea caporiondoi, Galathea cretacea, Galathea dispersa, Galathea hexacristata, Galathea keiji, Galathea keijii, Galathea lovarica, Galathea lupiae, Galathea magnifica, Galathea mainensis, Galathea munidoides, Galathea sahariana, Galathea squamifera, Galathea strigifera, Galathea strigosa, Galathea subsquamata, Galathea valmaranensis, Galathea whiteleggii
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Hungary (6 collections), Malta (1), Ukraine (1)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Oligocene of Italy (4)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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