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Galathea strigosa (Squat lobster)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Galathea strigosa is a species of squat lobster found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, from the Nordkapp to the Canary Islands, and in the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea. It is edible, but not fished for commercially. 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), and is easily identified by the transverse blue stripes across the body.
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Predators

Ctenolabrus rupestris (Rock cook)[1]
Gadus morhua (rock cod)[1]
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Smokie)[1]
Muraena helena (European moray)[2]
Myliobatis aquila (Whipray)[1]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
2FEEDING HABITS AND TROPHIC STATUS OF MEDITERRANEAN MORAY EEL, MURAENA HELENA L. 1758 IN THE ADRIATIC SEA – PRELIMINARY APPROACH, S. Matic-Skoko, P. Tutman, E. Marcelja, D. Skaramuca, D. Ðikic, D. Lisicic and B. Skaramuca, Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit., 39, 2010, p. 583
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0