Lauriea
| Lauriea | |
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| Lauriea siagiani in a giant barrel sponge | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Galatheidae |
| Genus: | Baba, 1971 |
Lauriea is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Galatheidae, containing the following species:[1]
- Lauriea gardineri (Laurie, 1926)
- Lauriea siagiani Baba, 1994
The genus was named in 1971 by Keiji Baba in honour of R. D. Laurie, who discovered the first species.[2]
References
- ^ Keiji Baba; Enrique Macpherson; Gary C. B. Poore; Shane T. Ahyong; Adriana Bermudez; Patricia Cabezas; Chia-Wei Lin; Martha Nizinski; Celso Rodrigues; Kareen E. Schnabel (2008). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura – families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1905: 1–220. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1.
- ^ Keiji Baba (1971). "Lauriea, a new genus proposed for Galathea gardineri Laurie (Crustacea, Anomura, Galatheidae)" (PDF). Memoirs of the Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University. 19: 51–53.