| Galathea strigosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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) | |
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Galathea strigosa is a species of squat lobster in the family Galatheidae. It is found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, from the North Cape to the Canary Islands, and in the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea. It is edible, but not fished commercially. 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), and is easily identified by the transverse blue stripes across the body.
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.
- "Galathea strigosa (Linnaeus, 1761)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ M. J. de Kluijver; S. S. Ingalsuo. "Galathea strigosa". Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea. Universiteit van Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021.
- ^ Kåre Telnes. "Galathea strigosa". Seawater.no. Archived from the original on 2007-12-22.
External links
- Photos of Galathea strigosa on Sealife Collection
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| Galathea strigosa |
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| Cancer strigosus | |
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