Galene (crab) explained

Galene is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Galenidae.

Fossil record

Fossils of Galene are found in marine strata from the Langhian to Quaternary (age range: from 15.97 to 0.012 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Iran, Malaysia, New Zealand and Taiwan.^[1] Recently, a new species of this crab named Galene dashtbani one of the oldest descendants of this genus, which is about 15 million years old, has been identified from Iran.

Species

Species within this genus include:^[2]

• Galene bispinosa Herbst 1804
• †Galene dashtbani Erfan Khosravi 2022 from Iran
• †Galene granulifera Lin 1947
• †Galene obscura Milne-Edwards 1865
• †Galene stipata Morris and Collins 1991

Bibliography

• Ng, Guinot & Davie (2008). Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 17, p. 1–286.
• De Grave & al. (2009). A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 21, p. 1-109.

Notes and References

1. Khosravi . E. . Sari . A. . Mirziee-Ataabadi . M. . Gholamalian . H. . Hyžný . M. . Naderloo . R. . 2022 . A new species of Galene de Haan, 1833 (Galenidae: Brachyura) from the middle Miocene of Zagros Mountains, Iran . Zootaxa . 5124 . 2 . 139–154 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.2.2.
2. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22441 Paleobiology Database