''Scyllarides'' is a

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slipper lobster Slipper lobsters are a family (biology), family (Scyllaridae) of about 90 species of Achelata, achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda clade Reptantia, found in all warm oceans and seas. They are not lobster, true lobsters, but are more closely rel ...

Characteristics

''Scyllarides'' is placed in the subfamily Arctidinae, which is differentiated from other subfamilies by the presence of multiarticulated

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s on all three

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s, and a three-segmented

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on the

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. The only other genus in the subfamily, ''

Arctides ''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 ...

'', is distinguished by having a more highly sculptured carapace, with an extra spine behind each eye, and a transverse groove on the first segment of the abdomen.

Taxonomic history

In 1849,

Wilhem de Haan Wilhem de Haan (7 February 1801 in Amsterdam – 15 April 1855 in Leiden) was a Dutch zoologist. He specialised in the study of insects and crustaceans, including aquatic arthropods, and was the first keeper of invertebrates at the Rijksmuseum i ...

divided the genus '' Scyllarus'' into two genera, ''Scyllarus'' and ''Arctus'', but made the error of including the

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of ''Scyllarus'' in the genus ''Arctus''. This was first recognised by the

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in 1898, who synonymised ''Arctus'' with ''Scyllarus'', and erected a new genus ''Scyllarides'' to hold the species that De Haan had placed in ''Scyllarus''.

Species

''Scyllarides'' comprises the following extant species: *'' Scyllarides aequinoctialis'' (Lund, 1793) *'' Scyllarides astori'' Holthuis, 1960 *'' Scyllarides brasiliensis'' Rathbun, 1906 *'' Scyllarides deceptor'' Holthuis, 1963 *'' Scyllarides delfosi'' Holthuis, 1960 *'' Scyllarides elisabethae'' (Ortmann, 1894) *''

Scyllarides haanii ''Scyllarides haanii'', the Aesop slipper lobster, is a marine decapod crustean in the family Scyllaridae. Other common names include the humpbacked slipper lobster and the ridgeback slipper lobster. Description ''Scyllarides haanii'' can grow ...

'' (De Haan, 1841) *'' Scyllarides herklotsii'' (Herklots, 1851) *''

Scyllarides latus ''Scyllarides latus'', the Mediterranean slipper lobster, is a species of slipper lobster found in the Mediterranean Sea and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is edible and highly regarded as food, but is now rare over much of its range due to o ...

'' (Latreille, 1802) *'' Scyllarides nodifer'' (Stimpson, 1866) *'' Scyllarides obtusus'' Holthuis, 1993 *'' Scyllarides roggeveeni'' Holthuis, 1967 *'' Scyllarides squammosus'' (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) *'' Scyllarides tridacnophaga'' Holthuis, 1967 In addition, two extinct species of ''Scyllarides'' are known from the

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: *'' Scyllarides bolcensis'' de Angeli & Garassino, 2008 *'' Scyllarides tuberculatus'' (König, 1825)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2704325 Achelata Extant Ypresian first appearances Decapod genera pl:Łopaciarz