Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Anomura

Galatheoidea Samouelle, 1819

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819
Munididae Ahyong, Baba, Macpherson & Poore, 2010
Munidopsidae Ortmann, 1898
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: squat lobsters

Japanese: コシオリエビ上科

Literature

basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Ahyong, S.T., Baba, K., Macpherson, E. & Poore, G.C.B. (2010). A new classification of the Galatheoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). Zootaxa. 2676: 57–68.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Galatheoidea Samouelle, 1819. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106685