Galathea strigosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Galatheidae |
Genus: | Galathea |
Species: |
G. strigosa
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Binomial name | |
Galathea strigosa (Linnaeus, 1761) | |
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Galathea strigosa is a speciesofsquat 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]
Galathea strigosa |
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Cancer strigosus |
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