APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library

Galathea squamifera Leach, 1814 - Scaly / Black squat lobster or Montagu's plated lobster

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Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- dorsal view with ruler 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- ventral view with ruler 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- dorsal view carapace 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- dorsal view tip of carapace 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- dorsal view tip of carapace 2

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- ventral view abdomen 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- ventral view abdomen 2

Specimen above found in a car tyre in use as a prawn trap at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall. 04.11.15.

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- carapace 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- ventral view 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- spines on rostrum 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- rostrum, orbit and eye 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- somites 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- telson and uropods 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- chelipeds / claws have red-tipped spines 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- chelipeds / claws have scales with tubercules 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- claw / chela 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- merus / the most distal spine is the strongest 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- merus longer than ischium 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- ischium 1

Specimen above found under a rock in a lowershore pool at Wherry Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 22.08.17.

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- juvenile side view 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- juvenile top view 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- juvenile top view 2

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- top view 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- top view 2

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- top view 3

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- head 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- head 2

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- claw 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- abdomen 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- abdomen with eggs 1

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- abdomen with eggs 2

Scaly or Black squat lobster
Galathea squamifera
- eggs close-up 1

This species is a species of the lowershore and can be commonly found under rocks and stones on very low spring tides.

Specimens above found at Long Rock, near Penzance, Cornwall. 17.04.11; and at other locations across Devon and Cornwall.

Scientific and European Names:
Galathea squamifera, Black squat lobster, Scaly squat lobster, Oprolkreeft, Zwarte Galathea, Galathee Noire, Schwarze Galathea.

Galathea squamifera Scaly Black squat lobster Montagus plated Crustacean Images

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.