Galatheid

The Galatheoidea are a superfamily of decapod crustaceans comprising the porcelain crabs and some squat lobsters. Squat lobsters within the three families of the superfamily Chirostyloidea are not closely related to the squat lobsters within the Galatheoidea. The fossil record of the superfamily extends back to the Middle Jurassic genus '' Palaeomunidopsis''.

Classification

These families and genera are included:

;Galatheidae
*† '' Acanthogalathea'' – Upper Eocene
* '' Alainius''
* ''Allogalathea''
* ''Allomunida''
* ''Coralliogalathea''
* ''Fennerogalathea''
* ''Galathea''
* ''Janetogalathea''
* ''Lauriea''
*† '' Lessinigalathea'' – Lower Eocene
*† '' Lophoraninella'' – Upper Cretaceous
*† '' Luisogalathea'' – Upper Cretaceous
* '' Macrothea''
*† '' Mesogalathea'' – Upper Jurassic to Cretaceous
* ''Nanogalathea''
*† '' Palaeomunida'' – Upper Jurassic to Oligocene
* ''Phylladiorhynchus''
*† '' Spathagalathea'' – Upper Eocene

;Munididae
* '' Agononida''
* '' Anomoeomunida''
* '' Anoplonida''
* '' Babamunida''
* '' Bathymunida''
* '' Cervimunida''
*† '' Cretagalathea'' – Upper Cretaceous
* '' Crosnierita''
* ''Enriquea''
* '' Heteronida''
* ''Sadayoshia''
* ''Munida''
* '' Neonida''
* '' Onconida''
* '' Paramunida''
* '' Pleuroncodes''
* ''Plesionida''
*† '' Protomunida'' – Paleocene to Eocene
* ''Raymunida''
* '' Setanida''
* '' Tasmanida''
* '' Torbenella''

;Munidopsidae
*† '' Brazilomunida'' – Upper Cretaceous
*† '' Calteagalathea'' – Upper Cretaceous
*† '' Eomunidopsis'' – Upper Jurassic to Upper Cretaceous
*† '' Faxegalathea'' – Lower Paleocene
* '' Galacantha''
*† '' Gastrosacus'' – Upper Jurassic to Cretaceous
* '' Leiogalathea''
* ''Munidopsis''
*† '' Munitheities'' – Upper Jurassic
*† '' Palaeomunidopsis'' – Middle Jurassic
*† '' Paragalathea'' – Upper Jurassic to Cretaceous
* '' Shinkaia''

; Porcellanidae
* '' Aliaporcellana''
* ''Allopetrolisthes''
* '' Ancylocheles''
*† '' Annieporcellana''
*† '' Beripetrolisthes''
* '' Capilliporcellana''
* '' Clastotoechus''
* '' Enosteoides''
*† '' Eopetrolisthes''
* '' Euceramus''
* '' Eulenaios''
* '' Heteropolyonyx''
* '' Heteroporcellana''
* '' Liopetrolisthes''
* '' Lissoporcellana''
*† '' Lobipetrolisthes''
*† '' Longoporcellana''
* '' Madarateuchus''
* '' Megalobrachium''
* '' Minyocerus''
* ''Neopetrolisthes''
* '' Neopisosoma''
* '' Novorostrum''
* '' Orthochela''
* ''Pachycheles''
* '' Parapetrolisthes''
* '' Petrocheles''
* '' Petrolisthes''
* ''Pisidia''
* '' Polyonyx''
* '' Porcellana''
* '' Porcellanella''
*† '' Porcellanoidea''
* '' Pseudoporcellanella''
* '' Raphidopus''
* '' Ulloaia''
*† '' Vibrissalana''

Fossil record

Two further fossil taxa may be included in the superfamily, but were not considered in the latest synopsis. The family Retrorsichelidae contains the single species, ''Retrorsichela laevis'' from the Campanian, which was tentatively placed in Galatheoidea by its authors. The Eocene genus '' Ovocarcinus'', containing only ''O. elongatus'', was originally placed ''incertae sedis''.

See also

*Chirostyloidea, the other superfamily of squat lobsters

References

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Anomura
Middle Jurassic first appearances
Arthropod superfamilies