WoRMS taxon details
Galatheoidea Samouelle, 1819
106685 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106685)
accepted
Superfamily
- Family Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819
- Family Munididae Ahyong, Baba, Macpherson & Poore, 2010
- Family Munidopsidae Ortmann, 1898
- Family Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825
- Family Galateadae Samouelle, 1819 accepted as Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Galateadae Samouelle, 1819) Samouelle, G. (1819). The entomologists' useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British Insects, comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and modern methods of arranging the Classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects, from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology; a calendar of the times of appearance and usual situations of near 3,000 species of British Insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. <em>Thomas Boys, London.</em> 496 pp., 12 pls. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Galatheoidea Samouelle, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106685 on 2025-07-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Galateadae Samouelle, 1819) Samouelle, G. (1819). The entomologists' useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British Insects, comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and modern methods of arranging the Classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects, from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology; a calendar of the times of appearance and usual situations of near 3,000 species of British Insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. <em>Thomas Boys, London.</em> 496 pp., 12 pls. [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ahyong, S.T., Baba, K., Macpherson, E. & Poore, G.C.B. (2010). A new classification of the Galatheoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2676: 57–68. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ahyong, S.T., Baba, K., Macpherson, E. & Poore, G.C.B. (2010). A new classification of the Galatheoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2676: 57–68. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
