Galathea balssi Red Squat Lobster

Galathea balssi is commonly referred to as Red Squat Lobster. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5794 

AphiaID:

392222 

Scientific:

Galathea balssi 

German:

Roter Springkrebs 

English:

Red Squat Lobster 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Galatheidae (Family) > Galathea (Genus) > balssi (Species) 

Initial determination:

Miyake & Baba, 1964 

Occurrence:

Australia, China, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Somalia, Taiwan 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 0.59" (1.5 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Cyclops, Mysis 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

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:

• Galathea dispersa
• 
  Galathea intermedia
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea nexa
  Rauher Springkrebs
• Galathea rostrata
• Galathea spinosorostris
• 
  Galathea squamifera
  Brauner Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea strigosa
  Bunter Furchenkrebs

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Galathea aequata
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea balssi
  Roter Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea bimaculata
  Zweipunkt-Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea faiali
  Faial Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea pilosa
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea sp.01
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea sp.02
  Borstiger Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea tanegashimae
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea tukitukimea
  Osterinsel-Springkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-07-23 16:23:55 

Last edit:

2022-08-01 19:22:41 

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