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Galathea intermedia

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Species of crustacean

Galathea intermedia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Galatheidae
Genus: Galathea
Species: G. intermedia
Binomial name
Galathea intermedia
Lilljeborg, 1851
Synonyms 

Galathea intermedia is a species of squat lobster in the family Galatheidae. It is found in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean, as far north as Troms, Norway, south to Dakar and the Mediterranean Sea.

G. intermedia is the smallest species of squat lobster in the North Sea, at a length of only 18 millimetres (0.71 in), and a carapace length of 8.5 mm (0.33 in). The whole body is red, with a beige stripe along the back, onto the narrow rostrum. The limbs are semitransparent, and the animal bears several "neon blue" spots on the front of the body that may serve in species recognition.

References

  1. Keiji Baba; Enrique Macpherson; Gary C. B. Poore; Shane T. Ahyong; Adriana Bermudez; Patricia Cabezas; Chia-Wei Lin; Martha Nizinski; Celso Rodrigues; Kareen E. Schnabel (2008). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura — families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1905: 1–220.
  2. "Galathea intermedia Lilljeborg, 1851". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. Eli Agbayani; Elijah F. Laxamana (February 25, 2009). "Galathea intermedia". Sealifebase.
  4. ^ Kåre Telnes. "Galathea intermedia". Seawater.no. Archived from the original on 2007-12-22.
  5. ^ M. J. de Kluijver; S. S. Ingalsuo. "Galathea intermedia". Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea. Universiteit van Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022.
  6. Katrin Kronenberger; Michael Türkay (2003). "A population study of Galathea intermedia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) in the German Bight" (PDF). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 83: 133–141. doi:10.1017/S0025315403006891h.
  7. J. M. Hall-Spencer; P. G. Moore; L. U. Sneddon (1999). "Observations and possible function of the striking anterior coloration pattern of Galathea intermedia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)" (PDF). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 79: 371–372. doi:10.1017/s0025315498000459. hdl:10026.1/1365.
Taxon identifiers
Galathea intermedia


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