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Galathea strigosa

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 
  • Cancer strigosus Linnaeus, 1761
  • Astacus strigosus (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Calypso Periculosa Risso, 1816
  • Janira periculosa (Risso, 1816)
  • Galathaea strigosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Galathea spinigera Leach, 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. It is edible, but not fished for 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.



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