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Family: Scyllaridae slipper lobsters



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Acantharctus delfini
[]
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Max. Length 1.4 cm CL
 
Acantharctus ornatus
[]
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Acantharctus posteli
[]
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Antarctus mawsoni
[]
No picture found
 
Antipodarctus aoteanus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Arctides antipodarum
[Rough Spanish lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.3 cm CL
 
Arctides guineensis
[Small Spanish lobster]

Cantat, A.

Indo-Pacific. Tropical a
Max. Length 6 cm CL
Arctides regalisHolthuis, 1963

Photo by Cantat, A.
 
Arctides regalis
[Royal Spanish lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm CL
 
Bathyarctus chani
[]
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Bathyarctus faxoni
[]
No picture found
 
Bathyarctus formosanus
[]
No picture found
 
Bathyarctus ramosae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm CL
 
Bathyarctus rubens
[]
No picture found
 
Bathyarctus steatopygus
[]
No picture found
 
Biarctus dubius
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm CL
 
Biarctus pumilus
[]
No picture found
 
Biarctus sordidus
[]
No picture found
 
Biarctus vitiensis
[Fiji locust lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm CL
 
Chelarctus aureus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.2 cm CL
 
Chelarctus crosnieri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.1 cm CL
 
Chelarctus cultrifer
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm CL
 
Crenarctus bicuspidatus
[Slipper lobsters]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm CL
 
Crenarctus crenatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm CL
 
Eduarctus aesopius
[]
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Max. Length 1.2 cm CL
 
Eduarctus lewinsohni
[]
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Eduarctus marginatus
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Eduarctus martensii(Pfeffer, 1881)

Photo by FAO
 
Eduarctus martensii
[Striated locust lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.4 cm CL
 
Eduarctus modestus
[Slipper lobster]
No picture found
 
Eduarctus perspicillatus
[]
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Eduarctus pyrrhonotus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm CL
 
Eduarctus reticulatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 33 cm TL
 
Evibacus princeps
[Shield fan lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.4 cm CL
 
Galearctus aurora
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.1 cm CL
 
Galearctus avulsus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.6 cm CL
 
Galearctus kitanoviriosus
[Kitano locust lobster]
No picture found
 
Galearctus rapanus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm CL
 
Galearctus timidus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.7 cm CL
 
Galearctus umbilicatus
[]
No picture found
 
Galearctus yanshi
[]
No picture found
 
Gibbularctus gibberosus
[]

Auscape International

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 16 cm TL
Ibacus alticrenatusBate, 1888

Photo by Auscape International
 
Ibacus alticrenatus
[Velvet fan lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 12 cm BL
 
Ibacus brevipes
[Serrate fan lobster]

Richer de Forges, Bertrand

Western Pacific.
Max. Length 13 cm BL
Ibacus bruceiHolthuis, 1977

Photo by Richer de Forges, Bertrand
 
Ibacus brucei
[Glaborous fan lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.1 cm CL
 
Ibacus chacei
[Smooth bug]
No picture found

Max. Length 23 cm TL
 
Ibacus ciliatus
[Japanese fan lobster]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 19 cm BL
Ibacus novemdentatusGibbes, 1850

Photo by FAO
 
Ibacus novemdentatus
[Smooth fan lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 23 cm TL
 
Ibacus peronii
[Butterfly fan lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.3 cm CL
 
Ibacus pubescens
[]

Cantat, A.

Indo-Pacific and Western
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Parribacus antarcticus(Lund, 1793)

Photo by Cantat, A.
 
Parribacus antarcticus
[Sculptured mitten lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 18 cm BL
 
Parribacus caledonicus
[Caledonian mitten lobster]

Morejohn, K.G.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 14 cm TL
Parribacus holthuisiForest, 1954

Photo by Morejohn, K.G.
 
Parribacus holthuisi
[Red-spotted mitten lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 16 cm BL
 
Parribacus japonicus
[Japanese mitten lobster]

FAO

Southern Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Parribacus perlatusHolthuis, 1967

Photo by FAO
 
Parribacus perlatus
[Easter Island mitten lobster]

FAO

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 15 cm BL
Parribacus scarlatinusHolthuis, 1960

Photo by FAO
 
Parribacus scarlatinus
[Marbled mitten lobster]

FAO

Western Pacific.
Max. Length 1.8 cm CL
Petrarctus brevicornis(Holthuis, 1946)

Photo by FAO
 
Petrarctus brevicornis
[Blue-back locust lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.7 cm CL
 
Petrarctus demani
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm CL
 
Petrarctus holthuisi
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 2.3 cm CL
Petrarctus rugosus(Milne-Edwards, 1837)

Photo by FAO
 
Petrarctus rugosus
[Hunchback locust lobster]
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Petrarctus veliger
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 6.8 cm TL
Remiarctus bertholdii(Paulson, 1875)

Photo by FAO
 
Remiarctus bertholdii
[Two-spot locust lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm CL
 
Scammarctus batei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Scyllarides aequinoctialis
[Spanish slipper lobster]
No picture found
 
Scyllarides astori
[Galapagos slipper lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Scyllarides brasiliensis
[Barizilian slipper lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 36 cm TL
 
Scyllarides deceptor
[Hooded slipper lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 34.8 cm TL
 
Scyllarides delfosi
[Three-spot slipper lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Scyllarides elisabethae
[Cape slipper lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 17 cm CL
 
Scyllarides haanii
[Aesop slipper lobster]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 32 cm TL
Scyllarides herklotsii(Herklots, 1851)

Photo by FAO
 
Scyllarides herklotsii
[Red slipper lobster]

Coudre, Christian

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 45 cm TL
Scyllarides latus(Latreille, 1802)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Scyllarides latus
[Mediterranean slipper lobster]

Cox, Carol

Western Central Atlantic.
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Scyllarides nodifer(Stimpson, 1866)

Photo by Cox, Carol
 
Scyllarides nodifer
[Ridged slipper lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 14 cm CL
 
Scyllarides obtusus
[]
No picture found
 
Scyllarides roggeveeni
[Easter Island slipper lobster]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Scyllarides squammosus(Milne-Edwards, 1837)

Photo by FAO
 
Scyllarides squammosus
[Blunt slipper lobster]

Khan, Muhammad Moazzam

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 12 cm CL
Scyllarides tridacnophagaHolthuis, 1967

Photo by Khan, Muhammad Moazzam
 
Scyllarides tridacnophaga
[Clamkiller slipper lobster]
No picture found
 
Scyllarus amabilis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm CL
 
Scyllarus americanus
[American slipper lobster]

Pillon, Roberto

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 16 cm BL
Scyllarus arctus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Pillon, Roberto
 
Scyllarus arctus
[Small European locust lobster]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic. Europea

Scyllarus capartiHolthuis, 1952

Photo by FAO
 
Scyllarus caparti
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.4 cm CL
 
Scyllarus chacei
[Chace slipper lobster]
No picture found
 
Scyllarus delfini
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm CL
 
Scyllarus depressus
[Scaled slipper lobster]
No picture found
 
Scyllarus longidactylus
[]
No picture found
 
Scyllarus paradoxus
[]
No picture found
 
Scyllarus planorbis
[]

FAO

Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 5.5 cm TL
Scyllarus pygmaeus(Bate, 1888)

Photo by FAO
 
Scyllarus pygmaeus
[Pygmy locust lobster]
No picture found
 
Scyllarus subarctus
[]
No picture found
 
Scyllarus vitiensis
[]
No picture found
 
Thenus australiensis
[]
No picture found
 
Thenus indicus
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 27.7 cm TL
Thenus orientalis(Lund, 1793)

Photo by FAO
 
Thenus orientalis
[Flathead lobster]
No picture found
 
Thenus parindicus
[]
No picture found
 
Thenus unimaculatus
[]


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