Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Elegant Crinoid Squat Lobster
Allogalathea elegans
Elegant Crinoid Squat Lobster
Also known as: Feather Star Squat Lobster
Category: Squat Lobsters
Scientific Name: Allogalathea elegans
Size: Up to 0.75 in. (2 cm)  
Depth: 20-300 ft. (6-90 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Anomura (Infraorder)
        └Galatheoidea (Superfamily)
         └Galatheidae (Family)
          └Allogalathea (Genus)
           └A. elegans (Species)

Crustaceans
Squat Lobsters

Elegant Crinoid Squat Lobster

Twin-Spotted Squat Lobster

Galathea sp. 1

Hairy Squat Lobster

Common Squat Lobster

Baba's Crinoid Squat Lobster



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