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Family: Scyllaridae slipper lobsters



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93 species (see list below)
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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
[]
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Antipodarctus aoteanus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Arctides antipodarum
[Rough Spanish lobster]
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Max. Length 5.3 cm CL
 
Arctides guineensis
[Small Spanish lobster]
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Max. Length 6 cm CL
 
Arctides regalis
[Royal Spanish lobster]
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Max. Length 2.2 cm CL
 
Bathyarctus chani
[]
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Bathyarctus faxoni
[]
No picture found
 
Bathyarctus formosanus
[]
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Bathyarctus ramosae
[]
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Max. Length 2.3 cm CL
 
Bathyarctus rubens
[]
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Bathyarctus steatopygus
[]
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Biarctus dubius
[]
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Max. Length 2 cm CL
 
Biarctus pumilus
[]
No picture found
 
Biarctus sordidus
[]
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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
[]
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Max. Length 3.1 cm CL
 
Chelarctus cultrifer
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm CL
 
Crenarctus bicuspidatus
[Slipper lobsters]
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Max. Length 2.2 cm CL
 
Crenarctus crenatus
[]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm CL
 
Eduarctus aesopius
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.2 cm CL
 
Eduarctus lewinsohni
[]
No picture found
 
Eduarctus marginatus
[]

Photo by FAO

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

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Eduarctus martensii
[Striated locust lobster]
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Max. Length 1.4 cm CL
 
Eduarctus modestus
[Slipper lobster]
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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]
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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]
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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
[]

Photo by Auscape International

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

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Ibacus alticrenatus
[Velvet fan lobster]
No picture found

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

Photo by Richer de Forges, Bertrand

Western Pacific.
Max. Length 13 cm BL
Ibacus brucei Holthuis, 1977

Photo by Photo by Richer de Forges, Bertrand
 
Ibacus brucei
[Glaborous fan lobster]
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Max. Length 8.1 cm CL
 
Ibacus chacei
[Smooth bug]
No picture found

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

Photo by FAO

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

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Ibacus novemdentatus
[Smooth fan lobster]
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Max. Length 23 cm TL
 
Ibacus peronii
[Butterfly fan lobster]
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Max. Length 7.3 cm CL
 
Ibacus pubescens
[]
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Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Parribacus antarcticus
[Sculptured mitten lobster]
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Max. Length 18 cm BL
 
Parribacus caledonicus
[Caledonian mitten lobster]
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Max. Length 14 cm TL
 
Parribacus holthuisi
[Red-spotted mitten lobster]
No picture found

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

Photo by FAO

Southern Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Parribacus perlatus Holthuis, 1967

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Parribacus perlatus
[Easter Island mitten lobster]

Photo by FAO

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 15 cm BL
Parribacus scarlatinus Holthuis, 1960

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Parribacus scarlatinus
[Marbled mitten lobster]

Photo by FAO

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

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Petrarctus brevicornis
[Blue-back locust lobster]
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Max. Length 2.7 cm CL
 
Petrarctus demani
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm CL
 
Petrarctus holthuisi
[]

Photo by FAO

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

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Petrarctus rugosus
[Hunchback locust lobster]
No picture found
 
Petrarctus veliger
[]

Photo by FAO

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

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Remiarctus bertholdii
[Two-spot locust lobster]
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Max. Length 7 cm CL
 
Scammarctus batei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Scyllarides aequinoctialis
[Spanish slipper lobster]
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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]

Photo by FAO

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

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Scyllarides herklotsii
[Red slipper lobster]

Photo by Coudre, Christian

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

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

Photo by Cox, Carol

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

Photo by Photo by Cox, Carol
 
Scyllarides nodifer
[Ridged slipper lobster]
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Max. Length 14 cm CL
 
Scyllarides obtusus
[]
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Scyllarides roggeveeni
[Easter Island slipper lobster]

Photo by FAO

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

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Scyllarides squammosus
[Blunt slipper lobster]

Photo by Khan, Muhammad Moazzam

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

Photo by 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]

Photo by Pillon, Roberto

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

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

Photo by FAO

Eastern Atlantic. Europea

Scyllarus caparti Holthuis, 1952

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Scyllarus caparti
[]
No picture found

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

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

Photo by FAO

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

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Scyllarus pygmaeus
[Pygmy locust lobster]
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Scyllarus subarctus
[]
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Scyllarus vitiensis
[]
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Thenus australiensis
[]
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Thenus indicus
[]

Photo by FAO

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

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


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Acantharctus delfini Southeast Pacific 1909
Acantharctus ornatus Indian Ocean. 1.4 CL 1960
Acantharctus posteli Mediterranean Sea and Eas 1963
Antarctus mawsoni Indo-West Pacific 1938
Antipodarctus aoteanus Southwest Pacific 1949
Arctides antipodarum Rough Spanish lobster South West Pacific 30 TL 1960
Arctides guineensis Small Spanish lobster Western Central Atlantic 5.3 CL 1799
Arctides regalis Royal Spanish lobster Indo-Pacific. Tropical a 6 CL 1963
Bathyarctus chani Western Central Pacific 2.2 CL 2002
Bathyarctus faxoni Western Central Atlantic. 1917
Bathyarctus formosanus Northwest Pacific 1992
Bathyarctus ramosae Southwest Atlantic 1997
Bathyarctus rubens Indo-West Pacific. 2.3 CL 1894
Bathyarctus steatopygus Western Indian Ocean 2002
Biarctus dubius Western Central Atlantic 1963
Biarctus pumilus Western Indian Ocean. 2 CL 1906
Biarctus sordidus Indo-West Pacific. 1860
Biarctus vitiensis Fiji locust lobster Indo-West Pacific 1852
Chelarctus aureus Western Central Pacific. 1.5 CL 1963
Chelarctus crosnieri Western Central Pacific 7.2 CL 2002
Chelarctus cultrifer Indo-Pacific. 3.1 CL 1897
Crenarctus bicuspidatus Slipper lobsters Indo-West Pacific. 2.5 CL 1905
Crenarctus crenatus Indo-West Pacific 2.2 CL 1900
Eduarctus aesopius Indo-West Pacific. 1.5 CL 1960
Eduarctus lewinsohni Western Indian Ocean. 1.2 CL 1967
Eduarctus marginatus Western Central Pacific 2002
Eduarctus martensii Striated locust lobster Indo-West Pacific. 6 TL 1881
Eduarctus modestus Slipper lobster Eastern Central Pacific 1.4 CL 1960
Eduarctus perspicillatus Western Indian Ocean 2002
Eduarctus pyrrhonotus Indo-West Pacific. 2002
Eduarctus reticulatus Indo-West Pacific 2 CL 2002
Evibacus princeps Shield fan lobster Eastern Pacific. 33 TL 1869
Galearctus aurora Pacific Ocean. 2.4 CL 1982
Galearctus avulsus Western Central Pacific 3.1 CL 2011
Galearctus kitanoviriosus Kitano locust lobster Western Pacific. 3.6 CL 1962
Galearctus rapanus Eastern Pacific 2002
Galearctus timidus Indo-West Pacific. 2.8 CL 1960
Galearctus umbilicatus Western Pacific 2.7 CL 1977
Galearctus yanshi Western Pacific 2020
Gibbularctus gibberosus Western Central Pacific 1905
Ibacus alticrenatus Velvet fan lobster Indo-West Pacific 16 TL 1888
Ibacus brevipes Serrate fan lobster Indo-West Pacific. 12 BL 1888
Ibacus brucei Glaborous fan lobster Western Pacific. 13 BL 1977
Ibacus chacei Smooth bug Western Central Pacific 8.1 CL 1998
Ibacus ciliatus Japanese fan lobster Western Pacific. 23 TL 1824
Ibacus novemdentatus Smooth fan lobster Indo-West Pacific. 19 BL 1850
Ibacus peronii Butterfly fan lobster Indo-West Pacific 23 TL 1815
Ibacus pubescens Indo-West Pacific. 7.3 CL 1960
Parribacus antarcticus Sculptured mitten lobster Indo-Pacific and Western 20 TL 1793
Parribacus caledonicus Caledonian mitten lobster Central Pacific 18 BL 1960
Parribacus holthuisi Red-spotted mitten lobster Eastern Central Pacific 14 TL 1954
Parribacus japonicus Japanese mitten lobster Northwest Pacific 16 BL 1960
Parribacus perlatus Easter Island mitten lobster Southern Pacific 11 TL 1967
Parribacus scarlatinus Marbled mitten lobster Pacific Ocean 15 BL 1960
Petrarctus brevicornis Blue-back locust lobster Western Pacific. 1.8 CL 1946
Petrarctus demani Indo-West Pacific. 2.7 CL 1946
Petrarctus holthuisi Western Central Pacific 1.7 CL 2008
Petrarctus rugosus Hunchback locust lobster Indo-West Pacific 2.3 CL 1837
Petrarctus veliger Western Central Pacific 2002
Remiarctus bertholdii Two-spot locust lobster Indo-West Pacific. 6.8 TL 1875
Scammarctus batei Indo-West Pacific. 7 CL 1946
Scyllarides aequinoctialis Spanish slipper lobster Western Atlantic. 30 TL 1793
Scyllarides astori Galapagos slipper lobster Eastern Pacific. 1960
Scyllarides brasiliensis Barizilian slipper lobster Western Atlantic 20 TL 1906
Scyllarides deceptor Hooded slipper lobster Western Atlantic 36 TL 1963
Scyllarides delfosi Three-spot slipper lobster Western Atlantic. 34.8 TL 1960
Scyllarides elisabethae Cape slipper lobster Indo-West Pacific and Sou 20 TL 1894
Scyllarides haanii Aesop slipper lobster Indo-Pacific. 17 CL 1841
Scyllarides herklotsii Red slipper lobster Eastern Atlantic 32 TL 1851
Scyllarides latus Mediterranean slipper lobster Eastern Atlantic and the 45 TL 1802
Scyllarides nodifer Ridged slipper lobster Western Central Atlantic. 30 TL 1866
Scyllarides obtusus Southeast Atlantic 14 CL 1993
Scyllarides roggeveeni Easter Island slipper lobster Southeast Pacific 1967
Scyllarides squammosus Blunt slipper lobster Indo-Pacific 40 TL 1837
Scyllarides tridacnophaga Clamkiller slipper lobster Indo-West Pacific. 12 CL 1967
Scyllarus amabilis Indo-West Pacific. 1963
Scyllarus americanus American slipper lobster Western Atlantic 2.5 CL 1869
Scyllarus arctus Small European locust lobster Eastern Atlantic and the 16 BL 1758
Scyllarus caparti Eastern Atlantic. Europea 1952
Scyllarus chacei Chace slipper lobster Western Atlantic. 2.4 CL 1960
Scyllarus delfini Southeast Pacific 1909
Scyllarus depressus Scaled slipper lobster Western Atlantic. 2.8 CL 1881
Scyllarus longidactylus Western Atlantic. 1962
Scyllarus paradoxus Eastern Atlantic. 1881
Scyllarus planorbis Western Central Atlantic 1969
Scyllarus pygmaeus Pygmy locust lobster Eastern Central Atlantic 5.5 TL 1888
Scyllarus subarctus Eastern Atlantic 1970
Scyllarus vitiensis Eastern Atlantic 1852
Thenus australiensis Indo-West Pacific 2007
Thenus indicus Indo-West Pacific 1816
Thenus orientalis Flathead lobster Indo-West Pacific. 27.7 TL 1793
Thenus parindicus Indo-West Pacific. 2007
Thenus unimaculatus Indian Ocean. 2007



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