Blue Striped Squat Lobster

Galathea strigosa

• Group: Lobster

A squat lobster striped in vivid blue, it tucks its long abdomen folded beneath its body and shelters among rocks and crevices. It reaches out with slender claws to scavenge and pick at food drifting past its hideout.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 107155.