Galathea faiali Faial Squat Lobster

Galathea faiali is commonly referred to as Faial 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.

Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Galathea faiali, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024

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lexID:: 17101
AphiaID:: 107149

Scientific:: Galathea faiali
German:: Faial Springkrebs
English:: Faial Squat Lobster

Category:: Spring crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Galatheidae (Family) > Galathea (Genus) > faiali (Species)
Initial determination:: Nunes-Ruivo, 1961

Occurrence:: East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Madeira, Mauritania, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago
Sea depth:: 5 - 350 Meter
Habitats:: Ocean beach, Seashore, Stony soils
Size:: 0.79" - 1.18" (2,4cm - 3,6cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown