''Coralliogalathea'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

squat lobster Squat lobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. They are found in the two superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea, which form part of the decapod infraorder Anomura, alongs ...

s in the family

Galatheidae The Galatheidae are a family of squat lobsters. Genera There are 11 living genera and 7 extinct genera in the family Galatheidae: *† '' Acanthogalathea'' Müller & Collins, 1991 – Upper Eocene * '' Alainius'' Baba, 1991 * '' Allogalathea'' ...

. Initially thought to be

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, solely represented by ''

Coralliogalathea humilis ''Coralliogalathea'' is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae. Initially thought to be Monotypic taxon, monotypic, solely represented by ''Coralliogalathea humilis'', recent analysis has split the genus into six, morphologically sim ...

'', recent analysis has split the genus into six, morphologically similar but genetically different

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Species

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'' Nobili, 1905 *'' Coralliogalathea joae'' Rodríguez-Flores, ''et al''., 2018 *'' Coralliogalathea megalochira'' Nobili, 1906 *'' Coralliogalathea minuta'' Rodríguez-Flores, ''et al''., 2018 *'' Coralliogalathea parva'' Rodríguez-Flores, ''et al''., 2018 *'' Coralliogalathea tridentirostris'' Miyake, 1953

References

Squat lobsters Decapod genera {{squat-lobster-stub