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Scyllarides roggeveeni   Holthuis, 1967

Easter Island slipper lobster
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Easter Island country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Glynn, P.W., G.M. Wellington, E.A. Wieters and S.A. Navarrete, 2003
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: This species is caught and sold in restaurants in quantity (Ref. 90219). C: Refs. 4, 2898, 89847, 90219, 82703, 91097, 91130, 94136; O: Ref. 2898.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Slipper lobster, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Scyllaridae (slipper lobsters)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic.   Subtropical; 25°S - 29°S, 110°W - 107°W (Ref. 4)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southeast Pacific: Endemic to Easter Island.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 30.0 cm male/unsexed; (Ref. )

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Southeast Pacific: Easter Island. 40 cm, total body length; 11 cm, carapace length. All specimens were caught in lobster traps (Ref. 4).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.