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Galenidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galenidae

Taxonomy
Galenidae was named by Alcock (1898). It is extant. Its type is Galene.

It was assigned to Pilumnoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Galenidae Alcock
2010Galenidae Schweitzer et al. p. 118
2022Galenidae Schweitzer et al. p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPilumnoideaSamouelle 1819
familyGalenidaeAlcock 1898
familyGalenidaeAlcock 1898

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Galenidae Alcock 1898
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Subfm. Dentoxanthinae Stevcic 2005
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G. Dentoxanthus Stephenson 1946
Subfm. Galeninae Alcock 1898
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G. Galene De Haan 1833
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Galene bispinosa Herbst 1783
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Invalid names: Cancer trispinosa Desmarest 1817 [synonym], Galene hainanensis Hu and Tao 1979 [synonym]
Galene granulifera Lin 1947
Galene litoralistemp Collins et al. 2003
Galene obscura Milne-Edwards 1865
Galene stipata Morris and Collins 1991
Invalid names: Podopilumnus M'Coy 1849 [synonym]
Subfm. Halimedinae Alcock 1898
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G. Halimede De Haan 1833
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Halimede fragifer De Haan 1835
Halimede ochtodes Herbst 1783
G. †Parhalimede Beschin et al. 2016
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Parhalimede ornata Beschin et al. 2016
Subfm. Parapanopinae Stevcic 2005
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G. Parapanope de Man 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 106.30000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Podopilumnus fittoni (226217)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Parhalimede ornata (146999)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brunei Darussalam Galene stipata (173571 173574 173589 173590)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Philippines (Batangas) Galene bispinosa (224585)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Taiwan (Hsinchu-Hsien) Galene granulifera (13488)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Malaysia (Sarawak) Galene obscura (175180)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brunei Darussalam Galene stipata (173588)