Galathea intermedia | |
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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. intermedia
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Binomial name | |
Galathea intermedia
Lilljeborg, 1851
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Galathea intermedia is a species of squat lobster in the family Galatheidae. [2] It is found in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean, [3] as far north as Troms, Norway, [4] south to Dakar and the Mediterranean Sea. [5]
G. intermedia is the smallest species of squat lobster in the North Sea, [6] at a length of only 18 millimetres (0.71 in), and a carapace length of 8.5 mm (0.33 in). [5] The whole body is red, [5] with a beige stripe along the back, onto the narrow rostrum. [4] The limbs are semitransparent, [4] and the animal bears several "neon blue" spots on the front of the body that may serve in species recognition. [7]
Galathea intermedia | |
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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. intermedia
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Binomial name | |
Galathea intermedia
Lilljeborg, 1851
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Galathea intermedia is a species of squat lobster in the family Galatheidae. [2] It is found in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean, [3] as far north as Troms, Norway, [4] south to Dakar and the Mediterranean Sea. [5]
G. intermedia is the smallest species of squat lobster in the North Sea, [6] at a length of only 18 millimetres (0.71 in), and a carapace length of 8.5 mm (0.33 in). [5] The whole body is red, [5] with a beige stripe along the back, onto the narrow rostrum. [4] The limbs are semitransparent, [4] and the animal bears several "neon blue" spots on the front of the body that may serve in species recognition. [7]