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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Scyllaridae slipper lobsters

Genus: Scyllarides

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14 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Scyllarides aequinoctialis
[Spanish slipper lobster]
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Scyllarides astori
[Galapagos slipper lobster]
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Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Scyllarides brasiliensis
[Barizilian slipper lobster]
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Max. Length 36 cm TL
 
Scyllarides deceptor
[Hooded slipper lobster]
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Max. Length 34.8 cm TL
 
Scyllarides delfosi
[Three-spot slipper lobster]
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Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Scyllarides elisabethae
[Cape slipper lobster]
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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]
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Max. Length 14 cm CL
 
Scyllarides obtusus
[]
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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]


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