Coralliogalathea

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Coralliogalathea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae.[1] Initially thought to be monotypic, solely represented by Coralliogalathea humilis, recent analysis has split the genus into six, morphologically similar but genetically different species.[2]

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Coralliogalathea
Coralliogalathea megalochira (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Galatheidae
Genus: Coralliogalathea
Baba & Javed, 1974
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Species

  • Coralliogalathea humilis Nobili, 1905
  • Coralliogalathea joae Rodríguez-Flores, et al., 2018[2]
  • Coralliogalathea megalochira Nobili, 1906
  • Coralliogalathea minuta Rodríguez-Flores, et al., 2018[2]
  • Coralliogalathea parva Rodríguez-Flores, et al., 2018[2]
  • Coralliogalathea tridentirostris Miyake, 1953

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