Galathea squamifera

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Galathea squamifera
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. squamifera
Binomial name
Galathea squamifera
Leach, 1814 [1]

Galathea squamifera, the black squat lobster,[1] or Montagu's plated lobster,[2] is a species of squat lobster that lives in the north-east Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

Description

Adults are up to 65 millimetres (2.6 in) long, with a

pereiopods are 1½ times as long as the body, and have well-developed claws.[4]

Distribution and ecology

G. squamifera is found from Norway to the Azores and in the Mediterranean Sea,[3] and is the most commonly found species of squat lobster on the shores of Northern Europe.[4] It lives between the low water mark and depths of about 70 metres (230 ft),[3] under stones and in rock fissures.[4]

G. squamifera is chiefly nocturnal,

Scorpaena porcus and Serranus atricauda.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Galathea squamifera Leach, 1814". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ^ John Edward Gray (1850). "Part IV. Crustacea". List of the specimens of British animals in the collection of the British Museum (PDF). British Museum.
  3. ^
    Universiteit van Amsterdam. Archived from the original
    on June 8, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d S. J. Rowley (2008). "Galathea squamifera, a squat lobster". Marine Life Information Network. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
  5. doi:10.1017/S002531540003397X
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  6. ^ "Organisms preying on Galathea squamifera". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved February 15, 2009.
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