| Galathea strigosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Galatheidae |
| Genus: | Galathea |
| Species: | G. strigosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Galathea strigosa (Linnaeus, 1761) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Galathea strigosa is a species of squat lobster in the family Galatheidae. [2] It is found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, from the North Cape to the Canary Islands, and in the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea. [3] It is edible, but not fished commercially. [4] 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), [3] and is easily identified by the transverse blue stripes across the body. [4]
