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Galathea pilosa Squat Lobster

Galathea pilosa is 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. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Galathea pilosa


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lexID:
12586 
AphiaID:
392250 
Scientific:
Galathea pilosa 
German:
Springkrebs 
English:
Squat Lobster 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Galatheidae (Family) > Galathea (Genus) > pilosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
de Man, 1888 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, French Polynesia, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, South-Pazific 
Sea depth:
1 - 5 Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 0.79" (2,0cm - 2,5cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available, Zoobenthos 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-11-24 20:01:40 

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Galathea pilosa de Man, 1888

Galathea is one of the largest genera of squat lobsters, containing 70 currently recognised species (17 in the Atlantic Ocean, 22 in the Indian Ocean and 43 in the Pacific Ocean). Most species of Galathea live in shallow waters.

Galathea pilosa is a very beautiful squat lobster. Unfortunately, there are no more information available.

External links

  1. UnderwaterKwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 02.04.2023.

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