Coralliogalathea

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]

Coralliogalathea humilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Anomura
Family:
Galatheidae
Genus:
Coralliogalathea

Baba & Javed, 1974

List of Species
  • Corralliogalathea humilis Nobili, 1905
  • Corralliogalathea joae Rodríguez-Flores, et al., 2018[2]
  • Corralliogalathea megalochira Nobili, 1906
  • Corralliogalathea minuta Rodríguez-Flores, et al., 2018[2]
  • Corralliogalathea parva Rodríguez-Flores, et al., 2018[2]
  • Corralliogalathea tridentirostris Miyake, 1953
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References
  1. Keiji Baba; Enrique Macpherson; Gary C. B. Poore; Shane T. Ahyong; Adriana Bermudez; Patricia Cabezas; Chia-Wei Lin; Martha Nizinski; Celso Rodrigues; Kareen E. Schnabel (2008). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura – families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1905: 1–220.
  2. Rodríguez-Flores, Paula C; Macpherson, Enrique; Buckley, David; Machordom, Annie (April 2019). "High morphological similarity coupled with high genetic differentiation in new sympatric species of coral-reef squat lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Galatheidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 185 (4): 984–1017. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly074.


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