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Galathea strigosa Blue Striped Squat Lobster

Galathea strigosa is commonly referred to as Blue Striped Squat Lobster. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
3263 
AphiaID:
107155 
Scientific:
Galathea strigosa 
German:
Bunter Furchenkrebs 
English:
Blue Striped Squat Lobster 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Galatheidae (Family) > Galathea (Genus) > strigosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1761 
Occurrence:
Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), European Coasts, Germany, Northeast Atlantic, Red Sea, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
- 40 Meter 
Habitats:
Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 3.54" (9 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 71.6 °F (°C - 22°C) 
Food:
Carrion, Fish (little fishes), omnivore, Predatory 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-03-30 17:19:25 

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Galathea strigosa (Linnaeus, 1761)

Galathea strigosa is asquat 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 commercially. It is the largest squat lobster in the northeast Atlantic. This species is easily identified by the transverse blue stripes across the body.

Similar to Galathea faiali and Galathea wolffi.

Synonymised names
Astacus strigosus (Linnaeus, 1761) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Calypso periculosa Risso, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer cancharus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (junior synonym by reversal of...)
Cancer strigosus Linnaeus, 1761 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Galathea spinigera Leach, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Janira periculosa (Risso, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination

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  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 26.02.2024.

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