Galathea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae. It is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters that in 2008 contained 70 species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean) (several more have been described more recently). Most species of Galathea live in shallow waters.

Species

As of 2008, Galathea contains the following species:

Galathea

Galathea acerata

Galathea acis

Galathea aegyptiaca

Galathea aequata

Galathea albatrossae

Galathea amamiensis

Galathea amboinensis

Galathea anepipoda

Galathea australiensis

Galathea balssi

Galathea bengala

Galathea bidens

Galathea bimaculata

Galathea bolivari

Galathea boninensis

Galathea brevimana

Galathea capillata

Galathea cenarroi

Galathea consobrina

Galathea corallicola

Galathea coralliophilus

Galathea cymbulaerostris

Galathea dispersa

Galathea faiali

Galathea formosa

Galathea genkai

Galathea guttata

Galathea hispida

Galathea inconspicua

Galathea inflata

Galathea intermedia

Galathea keijii

Galathea kuboi

Galathea labidolepta

Galathea latirostris

Galathea lenis

Galathea longimana

Galathea longimanoides

Galathea lumaria

Galathea machadoi

Galathea maculiabdominalis

Galathea magnifica

Galathea mauritiana

Galathea multilineata

Galathea nexa

Galathea ohshimai

Galathea omanensis

Galathea orientalis

Galathea patae

Galathea paucilineata

Galathea pilosa

Galathea platycheles

Galathea pubescens

Galathea quinquespinosa

Galathea robusta

Galathea rostrata

Galathea rubromaculata

Galathea rufipes

Galathea spinimanus

Galathea spinosorostris

Galathea squamea

Galathea squamifera

Galathea strigosa

Galathea submagnifica

Galathea subsquamata

Galathea tanegashimae

Galathea ternatensis

Galathea tropis

Galathea venusta

Galathea vitiensis

Galathea waiora

Galathea whiteleggii

Galathea wolffi

Galathea yamashitai

References

Further reading

Squat lobsters

Decapod genera

Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius

Galathea