Galathea: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Galatheidae
Genus: Galathea
Species
Scientific Name: Galathea

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Galathea

Galathea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae. It is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters that in 2008 contained 73 species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 25 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean) (several more have been described more recently). Most species of Galathea live in shallow waters.

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