Family Galatheidae Samouelle 1819 (decapod)
PaleoDB taxon number: 63275
Parent taxon: Anomura according to J. W. Martin and G. E. Davis 2001
Sister taxa: Aegloidea, Cheramus, Eocarcinoidea, Galatheoidea, Gastrodoroidea, Hippoidea, Kiwaoidea, Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea, Paguroidea, Parapaguridae, Pylochelidae, Venipaguroidea
Subtaxa: Acanthogalathea, Agononida, Allogalathea, Austromunida, Brazilomunida, Calteagalathea, Cretagalathea, Faxegalathea, Galatheinae, Gastrosacus, Hispanigalathea, Lessinigalathea, Luisogalathea, Munitheites, Palaeomunidopsis, Paramunida, Phylladiorhynchus, Raymunida, Shinkaia, Spathagalathea
Ecology: carnivore