Galathea intermedia
| Galathea intermedia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Galatheidae |
| Genus: | Galathea |
| Species: | G. intermedia |
| Binomial name | |
| Galathea intermedia Liljeborg, 1851 | |
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Galathea intermedia is a species of squat lobster found in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean,[2] as far north as Troms, Norway,[3] south to Dakar and the Mediterranean Sea.[4]
G. intermedia is the smallest species of squat lobster in the North Sea,[5] at a length of only 18 millimetres (0.71 in), and a carapace length of 8.5 mm (0.33 in).[4] The whole body is red,[4] with a beige stripe along the back, onto the narrow rostrum.[3] The limbs are semitransparent,[3] and the animal bears several "neon blue" spots on the front of the body that may serve in species recognition.[6]
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.
- ↑ Eli Agbayani & Elijah F. Laxamana (February 25, 2009). "Galathea intermedia". Sealifebase.
- 1 2 3 Kåre Telnes. "Galathea intermedia". Seawater.no.
- 1 2 3 M. J. de Kluijver & S. S. Ingalsuo. "Galathea intermedia". Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea. Universiteit van Amsterdam.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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