Galathea strigosa

Galathea strigosa

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Galatheidae
Genus:	Galathea
Species:	G. strigosa
Binomial name
*Galathea strigosa* (Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms ^[1]
Cancer strigosus Linnaeus, 1761 Astacus strigosus (Linnaeus, 1761) Calypso Periculosa Risso, 1816 Janira periculosa (Risso, 1816) Galathaea strigosa (Linnaeus, 1761) Galathea spinigera Leach, 1815

Galathea strigosa is a species of squat lobster found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, from the Nordkapp to the Canary Islands, and in the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.^[2] It is edible, but not fished for commercially.^[3] It is the largest squat lobster in the northeast Atlantic, reaching a length of 90 millimetres (3.5 in), or a carapace length of 53 mm (2.1 in),^[2] and is easily identified by the transverse blue stripes across the body.^[3]

References

↑ 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.
1 2 M. J. de Kluijver; S. S. Ingalsuo. "Galathea strigosa". Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea. Universiteit van Amsterdam.
1 2 Kåre Telnes. "Galathea strigosa". Seawater.no.

Edible crustaceans

Shrimp/prawns	Acetes Crangon crangon Cryphiops caementarius Dried shrimp Indian prawn Litopenaeus setiferus Macrobrachium rosenbergii Palaemon serratus Pandalus borealis Penaeus esculentus Penaeus monodon Shrimp paste Whiteleg shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri

Lobsters (incl. slipper & spiny)	American lobster Arctides guineensis California spiny lobster Homarus gammarus Ibacus peronii Japanese spiny lobster Jasus Jasus edwardsii Jasus lalandii Metanephrops challengeri Thenus orientalis Nephrops norvegicus Palinurus elephas Panulirus argus Panulirus cygnus Panulirus echinatus Panulirus guttatus Panulirus homarus Panulirus longipes Panulirus ornatus Panulirus pascuensis Panulirus penicillatus Panulirus versicolor Parribacus japonicus Sagmariasus Scyllarides herklotsii Scyllarides latus Scyllarus arctus Thymops birsteini Tristan rock lobster

Crabs	Callinectes sapidus Callinectes similis Cancer irroratus Cancer bellianus Cancer pagurus Chaceon fenneri Chinese mitten crab Chionoecetes Declawing of crabs Dungeness crab Florida stone crab Gecarcinus ruricola Horsehair crab Hypothalassia acerba Jonah crab Maja squinado Menippe adina Orithyia sinica Ovalipes australiensis Pie crust crab Portunus pelagicus Portunus trituberculatus Ranina ranina Scylla paramamosain Scylla serrata

Crayfish	Acocil Astacus astacus Marron Paranephrops Procambarus clarkii Orconectes virilis Signal crayfish

Others	Austromegabalanus psittacus Coconut crab Galathea strigosa Glyptolithodes Goose barnacle King crab Krill Langostino Lysiosquillina maculata Mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria Paralithodes camtschaticus Red king crab Squat lobster Squilla mantis Tasmanian giant crab Thalassina

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