WoRMS taxon details
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819
106733 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106733)
accepted
Family
Galateadae Samouelle, 1819 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Galatheinae Samouelle, 1819 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Alainius Baba, 1991
- Genus Allogalathea Baba, 1969
- Genus Allomunida Baba, 1988
- Genus Coralliogalathea Baba & Javed, 1974
- Genus Fennerogalathea Baba, 1988
- Genus Galathea Fabricius, 1793
- Genus Lauriea Baba, 1971
- Genus Macrothea Macpherson & Cleva, 2010
- Genus Nanogalathea Tirmizi & Javed, 1980
- Genus Phylladiorhynchus Baba, 1969
- Genus Triodonthea Macpherson & Robainas-Barcia, 2013
- Genus Calypso Risso, 1816 accepted as Janira Risso, 1816 accepted as Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Subfamily Galatheinae Samouelle, 1819 accepted as Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Janira Risso, 1816 accepted as Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
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. Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106733 on 2025-02-14
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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] 
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]
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 Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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]
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

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors





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Authority Authority taken from d'Udekem d'Acoz, no authorities listed in Hayward & Ryland [details]Remark Cited as 'Galatheides' in Bouvier; contains genus Galathea [details]