Galathea intermedia

Galathea intermedia is a species of squat lobster in the family Galatheidae.^[2] It is found in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean,^[3] as far north as Troms, Norway,^[4] south to Dakar and the Mediterranean Sea.^[5]

Galathea intermedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Galatheidae
Genus:	Galathea
Species:	G. intermedia
Binomial name
Galathea intermedia Lilljeborg, 1851
Synonyms [1]
Galathea giardi Barrois, 1882 Galathea andrewsii Kinahan, 1862 Galathea parroceli Gourret, 1887 Galathea pygmaea A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1894

G. intermedia is the smallest species of squat lobster in the North Sea,^[6] at a length of only 18 millimetres (0.71 in), and a carapace length of 8.5 mm (0.33 in).^[5] The whole body is red,^[5] with a beige stripe along the back, onto the narrow rostrum.^[4] The limbs are semitransparent,^[4] and the animal bears several "neon blue" spots on the front of the body that may serve in species recognition.^[7]