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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Scyllaridae slipper lobsters

Genus: Scyllarus

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13 species (see list below)
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Scyllarus amabilis
[]
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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

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Scyllarus caparti
[]
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Max. Length 2.4 cm CL
 
Scyllarus chacei
[Chace slipper lobster]
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Scyllarus delfini
[]
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Max. Length 2.8 cm CL
 
Scyllarus depressus
[Scaled slipper lobster]
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Scyllarus longidactylus
[]
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Scyllarus paradoxus
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Scyllarus planorbis
[]

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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