''Scyllarides'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

slipper lobster 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 ...

Characteristics

''Scyllarides'' is placed in the subfamily Arctidinae, which is differentiated from other subfamilies by the presence of multiarticulated exopods on all three

maxilliped An appendage (or outgrowth) is an external body part, or natural prolongation, that protrudes from an organism's body. In arthropods, an appendage refers to any of the homologous body parts that may extend from a body segment, including ant ...

s, and a three-segmented palp on the

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. The only other genus in the subfamily, ''

Arctides ''Arctides'' is a genus of slipper lobsters, containing three species. The largest of these, '' A. antipodarum'', has a carapace up to long, and is found off south-eastern Australia and parts of New Zealand. The other two species are smaller, ...

'', is distinguished by having a more highly sculptured carapace, with an extra spine behind each eye, and a transverse groove on the first segment of the abdomen.

Taxonomic history

In 1849,

Wilhem de Haan Wilhem de Haan (7 February 1801 in Amsterdam – 15 April 1855 in Leiden) was a Dutch zoologist. He specialised in the study of insects and crustaceans, and was the first keeper of invertebrates at the Rijksmuseum in Leiden, now Naturalis. He was ...

divided the genus ''

Scyllarus ''Scyllarus'' is a genus of slipper lobsters from the Atlantic Ocean, including the Mediterranean and Caribbean. Until 2002, the genus included far more species, but these are now placed in other genera. The following species remain in ''Scyl ...

'' into two genera, ''Scyllarus'' and ''Arctus'', but made the error of including the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...

of ''Scyllarus'' in the genus ''Arctus''. This was first recognised by the

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of October ...

Theodore Gill Theodore Nicholas Gill (March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914) was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian. Career Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural histor ...

in 1898, who synonymised ''Arctus'' with ''Scyllarus'', and erected a new genus ''Scyllarides'' to hold the species that De Haan had placed in ''Scyllarus''.

Species

''Scyllarides'' comprises the following extant species: *'' Scyllarides aequinoctialis'' (Lund, 1793) *'' Scyllarides astori'' Holthuis, 1960 *''

Scyllarides brasiliensis ''Scyllarides'' is a genus of slipper lobsters. Characteristics ''Scyllarides'' is placed in the subfamily Arctidinae, which is differentiated from other subfamilies by the presence of multiarticulated exopods on all three maxillipeds, and a ...

'' Rathbun, 1906 *''

Scyllarides deceptor ''Scyllarides'' is a genus of slipper lobsters. Characteristics ''Scyllarides'' is placed in the subfamily Arctidinae, which is differentiated from other subfamilies by the presence of multiarticulated exopods on all three maxillipeds, and a ...

'' Holthuis, 1963 *''

Scyllarides delfosi ''Scyllarides'' is a genus of slipper lobsters. Characteristics ''Scyllarides'' is placed in the subfamily Arctidinae, which is differentiated from other subfamilies by the presence of multiarticulated exopods on all three maxillipeds, and a ...

'' Holthuis, 1960 *'' Scyllarides elisabethae'' (Ortmann, 1894) *''

Scyllarides haanii ''Scyllarides haanii'', the Aesop slipper lobster, is a marine decapod crustean in the family Scyllaridae. Other common names include the humpbacked slipper lobster and the ridgeback slipper lobster. Description ''Scyllarides haanii'' can grow ...

'' (De Haan, 1841) *''

Scyllarides herklotsii ''Scyllarides herklotsii'' is a species of slipper lobster from the Atlantic coast West Africa. It is edible, but is not commercially fished, and is taken only by accident. ''S. herklotsii'' was named in 1851 by Jan Adrian (or Janus Adrianus) H ...

'' (Herklots, 1851) *'' Scyllarides latus'' (Latreille, 1802) *''

Scyllarides nodifer ''Scyllarides'' is a genus of slipper lobsters. Characteristics ''Scyllarides'' is placed in the subfamily Arctidinae, which is differentiated from other subfamilies by the presence of multiarticulated exopods on all three maxillipeds, and a ...

'' (Stimpson, 1866) *'' Scyllarides obtusus'' Holthuis, 1993 *''

Scyllarides roggeveeni ''Scyllarides'' is a genus of slipper lobsters. Characteristics ''Scyllarides'' is placed in the subfamily Arctidinae, which is differentiated from other subfamilies by the presence of multiarticulated exopods on all three maxillipeds, and a ...

'' Holthuis, 1967 *'' Scyllarides squammosus'' (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) *''

Scyllarides tridacnophaga ''Scyllarides'' is a genus of slipper lobsters. Characteristics ''Scyllarides'' is placed in the subfamily Arctidinae, which is differentiated from other subfamilies by the presence of multiarticulated exopods on all three maxillipeds, and a ...

'' Holthuis, 1967 In addition, two extinct species of ''Scyllarides'' are known from the

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: *'' Scyllarides bolcensis'' de Angeli & Garassino, 2008 *'' Scyllarides tuberculatus'' (König, 1825)

References

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