Galathea strigosa

Galathea strigosa is a species of squat lobster in the family Galatheidae.^[2] It is found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, from the North Cape to the Canary Islands, and in the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.^[3] It is edible, but not fished commercially.^[4] It is the largest squat lobster in the northeast Atlantic, reaching a length of 90 millimetres (3.5 in), or a carapace length of 53 mm (2.1 in),^[3] and is easily identified by the transverse blue stripes across the body.^[4]

Galathea strigosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Galatheidae
Genus:	Galathea
Species:	G. strigosa
Binomial name
Galathea strigosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms [1]
Cancer strigosus Linnaeus, 1761 Astacus strigosus Linnaeus, 1761 Calypso periculosa Risso, 1816 Janira periculosa Risso, 1816 Galathaea strigosa Linnaeus, 1761 Galathea spinigera Leach, 1815 Ogre Cancer Leach, 1815