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Galathea intermedia Squat lobster

Galathea intermedia is commonly referred to as 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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Galathea intermedia,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025


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lexID:
6859 
AphiaID:
107150 
Scientific:
Galathea intermedia 
German:
Springkrebs 
English:
Squat Lobster 
Category:
Spring crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Galatheidae (Family) > Galathea (Genus) > intermedia (Species) 
Initial determination:
Lilljeborg, 1851 
Occurrence:
the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Azores, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, South-Africa, 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:
- 50 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 0.79" (2 cm) 
Temperature:
50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Carrion, omnivore 
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:
2025-04-04 20:41:10 

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Galathea intermedia Liljeborg, 1851

Galathea intermedia can be uniform salmon-pink in colour or with salmon-pink stripes.This squat lobster grows up to 2,0 cm in length,carapace up to 1,0 cm. The species lives on gravel bottom and stony coasts.This small squat lobster is nocturnal.

It is an omnivore, predator and scavenger.

Synonymised names
Galathea Andrewsii Kinahan, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galathea Giardi Barrois, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galathea intermedia intermedia Lilljeborg, 1851 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Galathea intermedia parroceli Gourret, 1887 · unaccepted (superseded status of junior synonym)
Galathea Parroceli Gourret, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galathea pygmaea A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (2)
Subspecies Galathea intermedia intermedia Lilljeborg, 1851 accepted as Galathea intermedia Lilljeborg, 1851 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subspecies Galathea intermedia parroceli Gourret, 1887 accepted as Galathea intermedia Lilljeborg, 1851 (superseded status of junior synonym)

External links

  1. britishmarinelifepictures.co.uk (en). Abgerufen am 04.04.2025.
  2. researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 09.12.2024.
  3. Unterwasser-Welt-Nordsee (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Galathea intermedia,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025
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