Galathea nexa Squat lobster

Galathea nexa is commonly referred to as Squat lobster. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7584 

AphiaID:

107152 

Scientific:

Galathea nexa 

German:

Rauher Springkrebs 

English:

Squat Lobster 

Category:

Spring crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Galatheidae (Family) > Galathea (Genus) > nexa (Species) 

Initial determination:

Embleton, 1834 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.18" - 1.57" (3cm - 4cm) 

Temperature:

42.8 °F - 57.2 °F (6°C - 14°C) 

Food:

Carrion, omnivore, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Galathea dispersa
• 
  Galathea intermedia
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea nexa
  Rauher Springkrebs
• Galathea rostrata
• Galathea spinosorostris
• 
  Galathea squamifera
  Brauner Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea strigosa
  Bunter Furchenkrebs

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Galathea aequata
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea balssi
  Roter Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea bimaculata
  Zweipunkt-Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea faiali
  Faial Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea pilosa
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea sp.01
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea sp.02
  Borstiger Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea tanegashimae
  Springkrebs
• 
  Galathea tukitukimea
  Osterinsel-Springkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-10-01 19:23:04 

Last edit:

2024-03-30 17:31:07 

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