Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae
Parent taxon: Galatheidae according to A. A. Klompmaker et al. 2022
See also Beschin et al. 2018, Beschin et al. 2016, Bishop 1985, Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992, De Angeli and Beschin 2008, De Angeli and Ceccon 2017, De Angeli et al. 2010, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Karasawa 1993, Müller 1984, Muller and Collins 1991, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and van Bakel et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Acanthogalathea, Allogalathea, Austromunida, Bolcagalathea, Calteagalathea, Cretagalathea, Eomunidopsis, Galatheinae, Gastrosacus, Lessinigalathea, Luisogalathea, Munidopsinae, Munitheites, Palaeomunida, Paramunida, Phylladiorhynchus, Raymunida, Shinkaia, Shinkaiinae, Spathagalathea, Tethysgalathea
Subtaxa: 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 weinfurteri Galathea whiteleggii
Type: Cancer strigosus
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (1 collection), Italy (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Hungary (6), Japan (1), Malta (1), Ukraine (1)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Oligocene of Italy (4)
• Eocene of Italy (5)
• Paleocene of Greenland (1)
• Paleogene of Hungary (1)
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1), France (1), Morocco (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 28 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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