Slipper lobster

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iSlipper lobster

Scyllarides latus

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Subclass:	Crustacea
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Achelata
Family:	Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825

Genera

Acantharctus
Antarctus
Antipodarctus
Bathyarctus
Biarctus
Chelarctus
Crenarctus
Eduarctus
Galearctus
Gibbularctus
Ibacus
Parribacus
Petrarctus
Remiarctus
Scammarctus
Scyllarus
Scyllarides
Thenus

Slipper lobsters are a family of achelate (clawless) decapod crustaceans found in all warm oceans and seas. Despite their name, 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. Some, such as the Moreton Bay bug and the Balmain bug are important food species.