Galatheidae Samouelle 1819
Creators: name: Ahyong, Shane T.
name: Poore, Gary C. B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Galatheidae

description: Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819
Remarks. Representatives of ten galatheid genera are known from Australian waters. The genera are distinguished in the key below.
Key to genera of Galatheidae known from Australia
1 Eyes poorly developed, reduced. Exopod of first maxilliped without flagellum............ ........................................................................................ Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874
– Eyes well developed. Exopod of first maxilliped with flagellum ................................. 2
2 Rostrum triangular, flattened dorsally........................................................................... 3
– Rostrum with spiniform median spine flanked either side by supraocular spine.......... 6
3 Endopod of uropod markedly broader than long. Carapace without transverse ridges .. ......................................................................................................... Lauriea Baba, 1971
– Endopod of uropod about as broad as long. Carapace with transverse ridges.............. 4
4 Rostrum with minute subterminal and distinct basal spine on each side ........................ ........................................................................................ Phylladiorhynchus Baba, 1969
– Rostrum with spines or spinules distributed along margins.......................................... 5
5 Rostrum strongly elongate, ventrally carinate, with 5–9 small lateral spines................. ................................................................................................. Allogalathea Baba, 1969
– Rostrum of moderate length, flat, with 2–5 distinct lateral spines.................................. ................................................................................................ Galathea Fabricius, 1793
6 Epipods present on first to third pereopods..................................................................... ......................................................... Raymunida Macpherson & Machordom, 2000
– Epipods absent from all pereopods ............................................................................... 7
7 Carapace without dorsal spines ..................Anoplonida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
– Carapace with dorsal spines .......................................................................................... 8
8 Carapace without transverse ridges, covered with small tubercles, small spines, or very short ridges ............................................................................. Paramunida Baba, 1988
9 Carapace with long, distinct transverse ridges. Dorsal spines not evenly covering entire surface ............................................................................................................... 10
10 Male gonopods on second abdominal somite only .......................................................... .............................................................. Agononida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
– Male gonopods on first and second abdominal somites............... Munida Leach, 1820
description: Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T. & Poore, Gary C. B., 2004, Deep-water Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from southern and eastern Australia, pp. 1-76 in Zootaxa 472 (1) on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.472.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5552920