Subfamily Galatheinae Samouelle 1819 (decapod)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae
Parent taxon: Galatheidae according to M. Hyžný and J. Schlögl 2011
See also Bishop 1985, Collins 2002, Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 and Schweitzer et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Acanthogalathea, Allogalathea, Austromunida, Bolcagalathea, Calteagalathea, Cretagalathea, Eomunidopsis, Galathea, Gastrosacus, Lessinigalathea, Luisogalathea, Munidopsinae, Munitheites, Palaeomunida, Paramunida, Phylladiorhynchus, Raymunida, Shinkaia, Shinkaiinae, Spathagalathea, Tethysgalathea
Subtaxa: Agononida
Type: Galathea
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Cerová-Lieskové (Miocene of Slovakia)