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Galathea squamifera Leach, 1814 
AphiaID: 107154

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Anomura (Infraorder) > Galatheoidea (Superfamily) > Galatheidae (Family) > Galathea (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Galathea Fabricius, 1793
Synonymised
taxa
  Galathea digitidistans Bate, 1868
Galathea fabricii Leach, 1816
Galathea glabra Risso, 1816
Sources  original description: Leach, W.E., 1813-1814. Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D., The Edinburgh Encyclopædia: 383-437. A. Balfour, Edinburgh. [details]

basis of record: Baba K., Macpherson E., Poore G., Ahyong S., Bermudez A., Cabezas P., Lin C., Nizinski M., Rodrigues C. & Schnabel K. 2008. Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). (Zootaxa 1905). 220 pp.; 30 cm. [details]

basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch oprolkreeft  [details]
Dutch zwarte galathea  [details]
English black squat lobster  [details]
French galathée noire  [details]
German schwarze Galathea  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Azores [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
British Isles [details]
Caesarea [details]
East Atlantic [details]
East Mediterranean [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 34 [details]
FAO fishing area 47 [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Haifa Bay [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeeland [details]
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (214 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
To ITIS
Images 
Galathea squamifera
Galathea squamifera
added on 2009-03-14 - author: Godfried Warreyn
qualitystatus: checked by Macpherson, Enrique on 2012-08-24 09:06:25

Galathea squamifera
Galathea squamifera
added on 2012-02-13 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: checked by Macpherson, Enrique on 2012-09-14 18:20:37
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107154
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Türkay, Michael
2007-06-01 08:21:49Z  checked  Fransen, Charles
  
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  Citation: Fransen, C.; Türkay, M. (2013). Galathea squamifera Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107154 on 2013-05-25
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