Galathea intermedia is a species of squat lobster in the family Galatheidae.[2] It is found in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean,[3] as far north as Troms, Norway,[4] south to Dakar and the Mediterranean Sea.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Galatheidae |
| Genus: | Galathea |
| Species: | G. intermedia
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| Galathea intermedia Lilljeborg, 1851
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G. intermedia is the smallest species of squat lobster in the North Sea,[6] at a length of only 18 millimetres (0.71 in), and a carapace length of 8.5 mm (0.33 in).[5] The whole body is red,[5] with a beige stripe along the back, onto the narrow rostrum.[4] The limbs are semitransparent,[4] and the animal bears several "neon blue" spots on the front of the body that may serve in species recognition.[7]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Galathea intermedia Lilljeborg, 1851". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ Eli Agbayani; Elijah F. Laxamana (February 25, 2009). "Galathea intermedia". Sealifebase.
- ^ a b c Kåre Telnes. "Galathea intermedia". Seawater.no. Archived from the original on 2007-12-22.
- ^ a b c M. J. de Kluijver; S. S. Ingalsuo. "Galathea intermedia". Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea. Universiteit van Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022.
- ^ 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. hdl:10026.1/1365.
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