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Genus of crabs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Galene is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Galenidae.
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Fossil of Galene granulifera from Pliocene of Taiwan | |
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Genus: | Galene De Haan, 1833 |
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][2] 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.[2]
Species within this genus include:[1]
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