WoRMS taxon details
Galathea strigosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
107155 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107155)
accepted
Species
Astacus strigosus (Linnaeus, 1761) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Calypso periculosa Risso, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer cancharus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (junior synonym by reversal of...)
junior synonym by reversal of precedence (ICZN Article 23.9)
Cancer strigosus Linnaeus, 1761 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Galathea spinigera Leach, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Janira periculosa (Risso, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer strigosus Linnaeus, 1761) Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, [The Swedish Fauna containing the Animals of the Kingdom of Sweden: Distributed by Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, with Differences of Species, Synonyms of Authors, Names of Inhabitants, Places of Birth,]Descriptionibus insectorum. <em>Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden.</em> 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333 [details] 
Neotype (of Cancer strigosus Linnaeus, 1761) AM P272,...
Neotype (of Cancer strigosus Linnaeus, 1761) AM P272, geounit Norway [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Galathea strigosa (Linnaeus, 1761). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107155 on 2026-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Galathea spinigera Leach, 1816) Leach, W.E. (1816 [1815]). A tabular View of the external Characters of Four Classes of Animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta, with the Distribution of the Genera comprising Three of these Classes into Orders &c. and Descriptions of several New Genera and Species. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(2): 306-400., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756873 [details]
original description (of Cancer cancharus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cancer strigosus Linnaeus, 1761) Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, [The Swedish Fauna containing the Animals of the Kingdom of Sweden: Distributed by Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, with Differences of Species, Synonyms of Authors, Names of Inhabitants, Places of Birth,]Descriptionibus insectorum. <em>Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden.</em> 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333 [details]
original description (of Calypso periculosa Risso, 1816) Risso, A. (1816). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice. [Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice.]. <em>Librairie Grecque-Latine-Allemande, Paris.</em> 175 pp., pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8992 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Cancer cancharus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cancer strigosus Linnaeus, 1761) Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, [The Swedish Fauna containing the Animals of the Kingdom of Sweden: Distributed by Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, with Differences of Species, Synonyms of Authors, Names of Inhabitants, Places of Birth,]Descriptionibus insectorum. <em>Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden.</em> 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333 [details]
original description (of Calypso periculosa Risso, 1816) Risso, A. (1816). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice. [Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés des Environs de Nice.]. <em>Librairie Grecque-Latine-Allemande, Paris.</em> 175 pp., pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8992 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Ahyong, S.T., Low, M.E.Y., Macpherson, E. & Tan, S.H. (2017). <i>Cancer strigosus</i> Linnaeus, 1760: neotype selection, its identification with <i>Cancer cancharus</i> Linnaeus, 1758, and reversal of precedence (Crustacea: Decapoda: Galatheidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4323: 440–444., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4323.3.12 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]source of synonymy Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (WoRCS)
Bianchi, C. N.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Morri, C.; Froglia, C. (2022). Distribution and Ecology of Decapod Crustaceans in Mediterranean Marine Caves: A Review. <em>Diversity.</em> 14(3): 176., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/176 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lewinsohn, C. (1969). Die Anomuren des Roten Meeres (Crustacea Decapoda: Paguridae, Galatheidae, Hippidae). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen (Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden).</em> 104: 1-213. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Macpherson, E.; Corbari, L.; Rodríguez-Flores, P. C.; Machordom, A. (2026). Evolutionary and taxonomic revision of the squat lobsters of the genus <i>Galathea</i> Fabricius, 1793 (Decapoda: Galatheidae) in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 207(3): zlag087 [1-48]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag087 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
[request]additional source Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lewinsohn, C. (1969). Die Anomuren des Roten Meeres (Crustacea Decapoda: Paguridae, Galatheidae, Hippidae). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen (Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden).</em> 104: 1-213. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Macpherson, E.; Corbari, L.; Rodríguez-Flores, P. C.; Machordom, A. (2026). Evolutionary and taxonomic revision of the squat lobsters of the genus <i>Galathea</i> Fabricius, 1793 (Decapoda: Galatheidae) in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 207(3): zlag087 [1-48]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag087 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype (of Cancer strigosus Linnaeus, 1761) AM P272, geounit Norway [details]
Syntype (of Cancer cancharus Linnaeus, 1758) UUZM 257, geounit Norway [details]
Unreviewed
Authority Authority taken from d'Udekem d'Acoz [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Catalan | sastre | [details] |
| Dutch | bonte galatheablauwgestreepte springkrab | [details] |
| English | strigose squat lobsterspinous squad lobster | [details] |
| French | galathée multicolore | [details] |
| German | Bunter SpringkrebsBunter Furchenkrebsbunte GalatheaBlaustreifen-SpringkrebsBlaugestreifter Springkrebs | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | krinakrabbe | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | krinakrabbe | [details] |
| Spanish | sastre | [details] |
| Swedish | trollhummer | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (316 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galathea strigosa)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (316 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galathea strigosa)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
