Galathea strigosa is a species of squat lobster found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean from the Nordkapp to the Canary Islands and in the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea. It is edible but not fished for commercially. It is the largest squat lobster in the northeast Atlantic reaching a length of 90 millimetres (3.5 in) or a carapace length of 53 mm (2.1 in) and is easily identified by the transverse blue stripes across the body.
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