Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae

Full reference: A. de Angeli and A. Garassino. 2002. Galatheid, chirostylid and porcellanid decapods (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from the Eocene and Oligocene of Vicenza (N Italy). Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 30(3):1-40

Belongs to Galathea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also de Angeli and Garassino 2002

Sister taxa: Galathea (Acanthogalathea), Galathea affinis, Galathea antiqua, Galathea australiensis, 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 specimen: MCZ 2186, a carapace. Its type locality is Cava Orgiano, San Feliciano Hill, which is in a Priabonian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Cava Orgiano, San Feliciano Hill

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