''Leiogalathea'' is a genus of
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
Munidopsidae
Munidopsidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Decapoda. The Munidopsids are the deepest-dwelling family of superfamily Galatheoidea, which comprises families Galatheidae, Munididae, Munidopsidae, and Porcellanidae.
Munidopsids ...
,
containing the following species:
* ''
Leiogalathea agassizii''
(A. Milne Edwards, 1880)
* ''
Leiogalathea laevirostris''
(Balss, 1913)
References
Squat lobsters
Decapod genera
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