Galenidae
| Galenidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Pilumnoidea |
| Family: | Galenidae Alcock, 1898 |
| genera | |
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Galenidae is a family of crabs, one of three in the superfamily Pilumnoidea. It contains four genera, three of which are monotypic.[2] At present five species have been described in this family.
Genera and species
- Dentoxanthus Stephensen, 1946[3]
- Dentoxanthus iranicus (monotypic)
- Galene De Haan, 1833
- Galene bispinosa (monotypic)
- Halimede De Haan, 1835
- Halimede fragifer
- Halimede octhodes
- Parapanope De Man, 1895
- Parapanope euagora (monotypic)
References
Further reading
- Ng, Guinot & Davie (2008). Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 17, p. 1–286.
- De Grave & al. (2009). A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 21, p. 1-109.
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