Galathea
creator: Türkay, Michael
creator: Cuvelier, Daphne
creator: Macpherson, Enrique
creator: De Grave, Sammy
creator: Boyko, Christopher B.
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Galathea Fabricius, 1793
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Galathea Fabricius, 1793. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106834 on 2026-08-28
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2022-12-15T19:59:58Z
replaces: 387292
replaces: 387305
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Galathea Fabricius, 1793
class: Malacostraca
family: Galatheidae
genus: Galathea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. [Improved and Enhanced Systematic Entomology. According to the Classes, Orders, Genera, Species Adjacent Synonyms, Localities, Observations, and Descriptions.]. Proft, Christian Gottlob (Kopenhagen) , Hafniae. 2: i-viii + 1-519.
name published in: Risso, A. (1816). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice. [Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice.]. Librairie Grecque­-Latine-Allemande, Paris. 175 pp., pls. 1-3.
name published in year: 1793
name published in year: 1816
order: Decapoda
parent name usage ID: 106733
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Fabricius, 1793
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted