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Galearctus

Galearctus is a genus of slipper lobsters, comprising the following species:Galearctus aurora (Holthuis, 1982) Galearctus avulsus Yang, Chen & Chan, 2011 Galearctus kitanoviriosus (Harada, 1962) Galearctus rapanus (Holthuis, 1993) Galearctus timidus (Holthuis, 1960) Galearctus umbilicatus (Holthuis, 1977)

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Galearctus
Galearctus timidus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Scyllaridae
Subfamily: Scyllarinae
Genus: Galearctus
Holthuis, 2001

Galearctus is a genus of slipper lobsters, comprising the following species:12

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References

  1. Tin-Yam Chan (2010). "Galearctus Holthuis, 2002". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  2. Chien-Hui Yang, I-Shiung Chen & Tin-Yam Chan (2011). "A new slipper lobster of the genus Galearctus Holthuis, 2002 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae) from New Caledonia". Zoosystema. 33 (2): 207–217. doi:10.5252/z2011n2a4. S2CID 84920706.