Deep-Sea taxon details
Galathea squamifera Leach, 1814
107154 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107154)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Galathea squamifera Leach, 1814. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107154 on 2026-09-18
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Galathea squamifera Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107154 on 2026-09-18
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Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
additional source Macpherson, E.; Corbari, L.; Rodríguez-Flores, P. C.; Machordom, A. (2026). Evolutionary and taxonomic revision of the squat lobsters of the genus <i>Galathea</i> Fabricius, 1793 (Decapoda: Galatheidae) in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 207(3): zlag087 [1-48]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag087 [details] Available for editors
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1905.1.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
additional source Macpherson, E.; Corbari, L.; Rodríguez-Flores, P. C.; Machordom, A. (2026). Evolutionary and taxonomic revision of the squat lobsters of the genus <i>Galathea</i> Fabricius, 1793 (Decapoda: Galatheidae) in the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 207(3): zlag087 [1-48]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag087 [details] Available for editors
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype ICM ICMD002826, geounit Guernsey [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | zwarte galatheaoprolkreeft | [details] |
| English | Leach's squat lobsterblack squat lobster | [details] |
| French | galathée noire | [details] |
| German | schwarze GalatheaSchuppiger SpringkrebsFurchenkrebs | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (253 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galathea squamifera)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (14 records)
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (253 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galathea squamifera)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (14 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
