Family: |
Scyllaridae (slipper lobsters) |
Max. size: |
20 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
Environment: |
benthic; marine; depth range 3 - 475 m |
Distribution: |
Western Atlantic: Brazil and Dominica. |
Diagnosis: |
|
Biology: |
It has lengths of 20 cm, total body length; 7.5 to 10 cm, carapace length (Ref. 4). Found in sandy substrates, mud, gravel, rock and calcareous algae (Ref. 106834). Nocturnal. Feeds mainly on bivalves at night (Ref. 98471). |
IUCN Red List Status: |
(LC); Date assessed: 03 December 2009 Ref. 123251)
|
Threat to humans: |
|
Country info: |
|
Source and more info: www.sealifebase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication.
Warning: Unknown: open(e:\temp\sess_69ol717pq47v4mp50m2ovdstb3, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in Unknown on line 0
Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the current setting of session.save_path is correct (e:\temp) in Unknown on line 0