Squat lobster Galathea strigosa - a photo on Flickriver

Squat lobster Galathea strigosa

            I was planning to go hunting for grass snakes today, to keep my adders company, but it was grey and cold this morning so I didn't rate my chances of success. Luckily, fate dropped an opportunity right in my lap - by pure chance I read about the interesting finds people had been making at Minehead beach at yesterday's exceptionally low spring tide - apparently the lowest for 200 years! (Read that somewhere, haven't checked TBH.) Today's was roughly the same, at the incredibly civilised hour of 1:35 pm, so off I went.

Anyway, I couldn't resist posting these two shots first - I've never even seen squat lobster before, now I've seen two species in one day!

Galathea strigosa is easily recognised by the blue stripes.

Taken on: March 22, 2015

Tags:

Crustacea

squat

Galathea

strigosa

Minehead

Somerset

beach

low tide

spring tide « less

Sets appears in: • Marine life

Groups appears in: • BBC Springwatch (Official) • Somerset's Wonderful Wildlife more » • South West England Nature « less

Camera: Canon EOS 60D, f/10.0, 1/160 sec, 150mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 60D
Lens:	150mm
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	150mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 (Windows)
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