Slipper lobster

Slipper lobsters
Temporal range: 100–0 Ma
Scyllarides latus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Achelata
Family: Scyllaridae
Latreille, 1825 [1]
Subfamilies [2]
  • Arctidinae
  • Ibacinae
  • Scyllarinae
  • Theninae

Slipper lobsters are a family (Scyllaridae) of about 90 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda clade Reptantia, found in all warm oceans and seas. They are not true lobsters, but are more closely related to spiny lobsters and furry lobsters. Slipper lobsters are instantly recognisable by their enlarged antennae, which project forward from the head as wide plates. All the species of slipper lobsters are edible, and some, such as the Moreton Bay bug and the Balmain bug (Ibacus peronii) are of commercial importance.

  1. ^ "Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
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