Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Twin-Spotted Squat Lobster
Galathea bimaculata
Twin-Spotted Squat Lobster
Category: Squat Lobsters
Scientific Name: Galathea bimaculata
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Distribution: West Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum) Arthropods
└Crustacea (Subphylum) Crustaceans
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass) Typical Crustaceans
  └Malacostraca (Class) Malacostracans
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass) Decapods, Isopods, and Allies
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order) Decapods
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Anomura (Infraorder)
        └Galatheoidea (Superfamily)
         └Galatheidae (Family) Squat Lobsters
          └Galathea (Genus)
           └G. bimaculata (Species)
WoRMS ID: 392225🔗
iNaturalist ID: 889616🔗

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