Galathea squamifera Squat lobster

Galathea squamiferais commonly referred to as Squat lobster. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 150 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3303 

AphiaID:

107154 

Scientific:

Galathea squamifera 

German:

Brauner Springkrebs 

English:

Squat Lobster 

Category:

Other Crustaceans 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Galatheidae (Family) > Galathea (Genus) > squamifera (Species) 

Initial determination:

Leach, [in Leach, 1813-1815], 1814 

Occurrence:

East-Atlantic Ocean, France, Germany, Netherlands, Northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

39.2 °F - 71.6 °F (4°C - 22°C) 

Food:

No reliable information available 

Tank:

33 gal (~ 150L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Galathea dispersa
• 
  Galathea intermedia
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea nexa
  Rauher Springkrebs
• Galathea rostrata
• Galathea spinosorostris
• 
  Galathea squamifera
  Brauner Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea strigosa
  Blaustreifen-Springkrebs

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Galathea aequata
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea balssi
  Roter Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea bimaculata
  Zweipunkt-Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea pilosa
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea sp. 01
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea sp.02
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea sp.03
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea sp.04
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea tanegashimae
  Springkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-08-27 16:53:03 

Last edit:

2024-02-22 20:53:17 

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