Squat Lobster

Galathea intermedia

• Group: Lobster

A small squat lobster of European waters, this species tucks its tail beneath its body and shelters among rocks and coarse sediment. Despite the name it is more closely related to hermit crabs than to true lobsters, and it scavenges and filters food from the bottom.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Galatheidae › Galathea

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 107150.