Galathea strigosa

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Galathea strigosa
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Galatheidae
Genus:
Galathea
Species:
G. strigosa
Binomial name
Galathea strigosa
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms   [1]
  • Cancer strigosusLinnaeus, 1761
  • Astacus strigosus(Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Calypso PericulosaRisso, 1816
  • Janira periculosa(Risso, 1816)
  • Galathaea strigosa(Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Galathea spinigeraLeach, 1815
  • Ogre CancerLeach, 1815

Galathea strigosa is a species of squat lobster found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, from the Nordkapp to the Canary Islands, and in the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea. [2] It is edible, but not fished commercially. [3] It is the largest squat lobster in the northeast Atlantic, reaching a length of 90 millimetres (3.5 in), or a carapace length of 53 mm (2.1 in), [2] and is easily identified by the transverse blue stripes across the body. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ 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 .
  2. 1 2 M. J. de Kluijver; S. S. Ingalsuo. "Galathea strigosa". Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea. Universiteit van Amsterdam.
  3. 1 2 Kåre Telnes. "Galathea strigosa". Seawater.no. Archived from the original on 2007-12-22.


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