The Galatheoidea are a superfamily of Decapoda comprising the and some . Squat lobsters within the three families of the superfamily Chirostyloidea are not closely related to the squat lobsters within the Galatheoidea.
Classification
These families and
genera are included:
- Galatheidae
- Munididae
- Munidopsidae
- Porcellanidae
Fossil record
Two further fossil taxa may be included in the superfamily,
but were not considered in the latest synopsis.
The family
Retrorsichela contains the single species,
Retrorsichela laevis from the
Campanian, which was tentatively placed in Galatheoidea by its authors.
The
Eocene genus
Ovocarcinus, containing only
O. elongatus, was originally placed
incertae sedis.
See also
