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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Galatheidae squat lobsters

Genus: Galathea

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42 species (see list below)
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Galathea aegyptiaca
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Galathea albatrossae
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Galathea amamiensis
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Galathea anepipoda
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Galathea australiensis
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Galathea balssi
[Red galathea crab]
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Galathea barbellata
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Galathea bimaculata
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Galathea consobrina
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Galathea coralliophilus
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Galathea denticulata
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Galathea dispersa
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Galathea echinata
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Galathea hispida
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Galathea intermedia
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Galathea kuboi
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Galathea latirostris
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Galathea longimanoides
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Galathea lumaria
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Galathea maculiabdominalis
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Galathea mauritiana
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Galathea multilineata
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Galathea nasimae
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Coudre, Christian

North Sea.

Galathea nexaEmbleton, 1834

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Galathea nexa
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Galathea ohshimai
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Galathea orientalis
[Oriental squat lobster]
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Galathea pilosa
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Galathea platycheles
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Galathea profunda
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Galathea pubescens
[Hairy squat lobster]
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Galathea raventosae
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Galathea rostrata
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Galathea rubromaculata
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Galathea sanctae
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Galathea sinensis
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Galathea spinosorostris
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Galathea squamea
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Pillon, Roberto

Northeast Atlantic

Galathea squamiferaLeach, 1814

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Galathea squamifera
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FAO

Northeast Atlantic

Galathea strigosaunspecified

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Galathea strigosa
[Blue striped squat lobster]
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Galathea subsquamata
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Galathea tanegashimae
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Galathea ternatensis
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