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The systematics of squat lobsters and the classification of deep-sea squat lobsters is an area of active research due to the limited fossil record. [16] Deep-sea squat lobsters, existing at depths greater than 200m, are classified in the Mundidiae and Munidopsidae families of the superfamily Galatheoidea. [ 15 ]
Allogalathea elegans (known as the feather star squat lobster, crinoid squat lobster or elegant squat lobster) is a species of squat lobster that is sometimes kept in marine aquariums. Despite their common name, they are more closely related to hermit crabs than lobsters.
G. squamifera is found from Norway to the Azores and in the Mediterranean Sea, [3] and is the most commonly found species of squat lobster on the shores of Northern Europe. [4] It lives between the low water mark and depths of about 70 metres (230 ft), [3] under stones and in rock fissures. [4]
Kiwa tyleri, the Hoff crab, is a species of deep-sea squat lobster in the family Kiwaidae, which lives on hydrothermal vents near Antarctica. [1] The crustacean was given its English nickname in 2010 by UK deep-sea scientists aboard the RRS James Cook, owing to resemblance between its dense covering of setae on the ventral surface of the exoskeleton and the hairy chest of the actor David ...
Lauriea siagiani is a small squat lobster, up to 7 millimetres (0.28 in) long. It differs from the only other species in the genus, Lauriea gardineri by a number of features, but most obviously by the coloration: L. gardineri is pale brown with darker bands, while L. siagiani is orange or pink with red or purplish markings.
Munida gregaria, commonly known as the gregarious squat lobster, [2] is a species of squat lobster found along the eastern seaboard of the South Island of New Zealand, [3] around the southern coast of Tasmania and in a few locations around the southern parts of South America and Tierra del Fuego.
A. Acanthogalathea; Acanthogalathea feldmanni; Acanthogalathea parva; Acanthogalathea squamosa; Agononida; Agononida africerta; Agononida alisae; Agononida andrewi
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. [1] The fossil record of the superfamily extends back to the Middle Jurassic genus ...