Superfamily

Galatheoidea (Squat lobsters and porcelain crabs)

Petrolisthes eriomerus. Photo: (c) Hakai Institute, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

The Galatheoidea are a superfamily of decapod crustaceans comprising the porcelain crabs and some squat lobsters. Squat lobsters within the three families of the superfamily Chirostyloidea are not closely related to the squat lobsters within the Galatheoidea. The fossil record of the superfamily extends back to the Middle Jurassic genus Palaeomunidopsis.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
      - Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
        Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
        Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
        Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and krill)
        Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
        Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)
        Infraorder: Anomura (Anomurans)
        Superfamily: Galatheoidea (Squat lobsters and porcelain crabs)
        Family: Porcellanidae (Porcelain crabs) (6)

Subtaxa

Family: Porcellanidae (Porcelain crabs)

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