Scyllarides squammosus

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Scyllarides squammosus
Blunt Slipper Lobster (Scyllarides squammosus) - GRB.JPG
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Scyllaridae
Genus: Scyllarides
Species:
S. squammosus
Binomial name
Scyllarides squammosus
Synonyms   [1]
  • Scyllarides sieboldi(De Haan, 1841)
  • Scyllarus sieboldiDe Haan, 1841
  • Scyllarus squammosusH. Milne-Edwards, 1837

Scyllarides squammosus is a species of slipper lobster known as the blunt slipper lobster. It is found throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. Specifically its range is from Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, West Australia), Japan, Hawaii, Melanesia, New Caledonia to East Africa. Scyllarides squammosus has been found at depths from 7.5 m to 71 m. [2]

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References

  1. Tin-Yam Chan (2015). "Scyllarides squammosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. "Scyllarides squammosus, Blunt Slipper Lobster". Encyclopedia of Life . Retrieved 3 March 2014.

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