Belongs within: Anomala.
The Galatheidae, squat lobsters, are a group of benthic or pelagic crustaceans somewhat similar to a lobster in superficial appearance but with the abdomen carried reflexed under the cephalothorax in the manner of a crab.
<==Galatheidae [Munididae] `--GalatheinaeCA04 |--GalatheaMG-H11 | |--G. amboinensis de Man 1888MG-H11 | |--G. antiquaR26 | |--G. australiensis Stimpson 1858J90 | |--G. balssi Miyake & Baba 1964MG-H11 | |--G. bolivai Zariquiey-Alvarez 1950KK03 | |--G. californiensisS52 | |--G. cenarroi (Zariquiey-Alvarez 1968)KK03 | |--G. consobrina De Man 1902MG-H11 | |--G. dispersa Bate 1859KK03 | |--G. glabraR26 | |--G. intermedia Liljeborg 1851KK03 | |--G. nexa Embleton 1834KK03 | |--G. orientalis Stimpson 1858HS15 | |--G. rostrata Milne Edwards 1880HC79 | |--G. rugosaR26 | |--G. squamifera Leach 1814DAS03 | |--G. strigosa (Linnaeus 1767)KK03 | `--G. subsquamata Stimpson 1858HS15 `--Munida Leach 1820 [incl. Austromunida Schweitzer & Feldmann 2000]CA04 |--*M. rugosa (Fabricius 1775) [=Pagurus rugosus]CA04 |--M. andamanica Alcock 1894MG-H11 |--M. aprosoma Ahyong & Poore 2004MG-H11 |--M. babai Tirmizi & Javed 1976MG-H11 |--M. casadioi (Schweitzer & Feldmann 2000) [=*Austromunida casadioi]CA04 |--M. disgrega Baba 2005MG-H11 |--M. gordoae Macpherson 2004MG-H11 |--M. haswelli Henderson 1885MG-H11 |--M. heteracantha Ortmann 1892MG-H11 |--M. intermedia Milne-Edwards & Bouvier 1899KK03 |--M. irisPP64 |--M. irrasa Milne Edwards 1880HC79 |--M. keiensis Baba 2005MG-H11 |--M. konara Schweitzer & Feldmann 2000CA04 |--M. microphtalmaPP64 |--M. perarmataPP64 |--M. primaeva (Segerberg 1900)CA04 |--M. quadrispinaH47 |--M. quadroblonga Schweitzer & Feldmann 2000CA04 |--M. roshanei Tirmizi 1996MG-H11 |--M. rubridigitalis Baba 1994MG-H11 |--M. rugosa (Fabricius 1775)KK03 |--M. rutlanti Zariquiey-Alvarez 1952KK03 [=M. iris rutlandiPP64] `--M. tenuimana Sars 1872KK03 Galatheidae incertae sedis: Munidopsis Whiteaves 1874H86 |--M. andamanica MacGilchrist 1905MG-H11 |--M. comarge Taylor, Ahyong & Andreakis 2010MG-H11 |--M. crenatirostris Baba 1988MG-H11 |--M. cylindrophthalma (Alcock 1894)MG-H11 |--M. dasypus Alcock 1894MG-H11 |--M. kensleyi Ahyong & Poore 2004MG-H11 |--M. levis (Alcock & Anderson 1894)MG-H11 `--M. polymorpha Koelbel 1892H86 Allogalathea elegans (Adams & White 1848)MG-H11 AgononidaMG-H11 |--A. eminens (Baba 1988)MG-H11 |--A. incerta (Henderson 1888)MG-H11 |--A. pilosimanus (Baba 1969)MG-H11 |--A. rubrizonata Macpherson & Baba 2009MG-H11 `--A. similis (Baba 1988)MG-H11 Enriquea leviantennata (Baba 1988)MG-H11 Lauriea gardineri (Laurie 1926)MG-H11 Paramunida stichas Macpherson 1993MG-H11 PhylladiorhynchusHS15 |--P. integrirostris (Dana 1852)HS15 `--P. pusillus (Henderson 1885)MG-H11 RaymunidaMG-H11 Palaeomundiopsis moutieri Van Straelen 1925BWW93 SadayoshiaHS15
*Type species of generic name indicated
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