Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Anomura > Superfamily Galatheoidea > Family Galatheidae > Genus Galathea

Galathea intermedia Lilljeborg, 1851

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Galathea*	Fabricius, 1793	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Galathea intermedia intermedia*	Lilljeborg, 1851	synonym
*Galathea intermedia parroceli*	Gourret, 1887	synonym
*Galathea Parroceli*	Gourret, 1887	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: oprolkreeft

Literature

original description	Liljeborg, W. (1851). Norges Crustacéer. [Norway's Crustaceans.]. Öfversigt af Kongliga, Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. 8: 19-25.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 284-292
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. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
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). Zootaxa. 1905: 1-220.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Galathea intermedia Lilljeborg, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107150