''Scyllarides'' is a
genus of
slipper lobsters.
Characteristics
''Scyllarides'' is placed in the subfamily
Arctidinae
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 ...
, which is differentiated from other subfamilies by the presence of multiarticulated
exopod The arthropod leg is a form of jointed appendage of arthropods, usually used for walking. Many of the terms used for arthropod leg segments (called podomeres) are of Latin origin, and may be confused with terms for bones: ''coxa'' (meaning hip, plur ...
s 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 anten ...
s, and a three-segmented
palp on the
mandible. 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, a ...
'', 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 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 ''Scylla ...
'' into two genera, ''Scyllarus'' and ''Arctus'', but made the error of including the
type species 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 Octobe ...
Theodore Gill 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:
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Scyllarides aequinoctialis
''Scyllarides aequinoctialis'' is a species of slipper lobster that lives in the western Atlantic Ocean from South Carolina to São Paulo State, Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and Bermuda. Its common name is Spanish slipper ...
''
(Lund, 1793)
*''
Scyllarides astori
''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 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
''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 ...
''
(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 gro ...
''
(De Haan, 1841)
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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
''Scyllarides latus'', the Mediterranean slipper lobster, is a species of slipper lobster found in the Mediterranean Sea and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is edible and highly regarded as food, but is now rare over much of its range due to o ...
''
(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
''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 th ...
''
Holthuis, 1993
*''
Scyllarides roggeveeni''
Holthuis, 1967
*''
Scyllarides squammosus''
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
*''
Scyllarides tridacnophaga''
Holthuis, 1967
In addition, two extinct species of ''Scyllarides'' are known from the
Eocene of
Europe:
*''
Scyllarides bolcensis''
de Angeli & Garassino, 2008
*''
Scyllarides tuberculatus''
(König, 1825)
References
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Achelata
Extant Ypresian first appearances
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