Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Family Galatheidae Scientific name Galathea intermedia Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda Genus Galathea Higher classification Galathea | |
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Similar Galathea, Crustacean, Decapoda, Galathea squamifera, Anomura | ||
Galathea intermedia is a species of squat lobster 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.
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