Slipper lobsters

family of crustaceans

species of slipper lobster

species of crustacean

Thenus orientalis is a species of slipper lobster from the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Scyllarides is a genus of slipper lobsters.

Parribacus is a genus of slipper lobsters, containing six species, all of which are used locally as human food sources.

Scyllarus is a genus of slipper lobsters from the Atlantic Ocean, including the Mediterranean and Caribbean. Until 2002, the genus included far more species, but these are now placed in other genera. The following species remain in Scyllarus:

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

Ibacus is a genus of slipper lobsters, including commercially important species such as the Balmain bug, Ibacus peronii.

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

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species of crustacean

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

Arctides is a genus of slipper lobsters, containing three species. The largest of these, A. antipodarum, has a carapace up to long, and is found off south-eastern Australia and parts of New Zealand. The other two species are smaller, at up to carapace length; A. guineensis is found in an area similar to the Bermuda Triangle; A. regalis is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific, from the Mascarene Islands to Hawaii and Easter Island.

Petrarctus is a genus of slipper lobsters belonging to the family Scyllaridae.

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Chelarctus is a genus of slipper lobsters belonging to the family Scyllaridae.

species of crustacean

Galearctus is a genus of slipper lobsters, comprising the following species: Galearctus aurora (Holthuis, 1982) Galearctus avulsus Yang, Chen & Chan, 2011 Galearctus kitanoviriosus (Harada, 1962) Galearctus rapanus (Holthuis, 1993) Galearctus timidus (Holthuis, 1960) Galearctus umbilicatus (Holthuis, 1977)

Biarctus is a genus of slipper lobsters belonging to the family Scyllaridae.