Slipper lobster

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Slipper lobster
Scyllarides latus
Scyllarides latus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
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

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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.

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