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The Mediterranean slipper lobster (Scyllarides latus) is a large marine crustacean distributed across the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Recognized as the largest species of slipper lobster, it can reach lengths of up to 45 centimeters. It is easily distinguished by its heavily ar...

The regal slipper lobster (Arctides regalis) is a species of marine crustacean belonging to the family Scyllaridae. It is widely distributed across the Indo-Pacific region, inhabiting coral reefs and rocky underwater environments. Like other slipper lobsters, it lacks large claws and has a flattened...

The Balmain bug (Ibacus peronii) is a species of slipper lobster found in temperate waters off southern Australia. Its broad, flattened body and short antennae distinguish it from the long-bodied, prominently antennaed spiny lobsters commonly called crayfish in Australia. It lives on soft seafloor h...

The sculptured slipper lobster, Parribacus antarcticus, is a marine decapod crustacean in the family Scyllaridae. It has a flattened body covered with tubercles and short hairs, a mottled yellow, brown, and black coloration, and broad, sculptured antennae rather than the large claws of true lobsters...

Ibacus ciliatus, commonly called the Japanese fan lobster, is a flattened slipper lobster in the family Scyllaridae. It occurs in the northwestern Pacific, including waters around Japan, Taiwan, and nearby parts of East Asia, where it lives on the seafloor. Its broad, flattened body and expanded ant...

The Indian flathead lobster, Thenus indicus, is a slipper lobster in the family Scyllaridae. It is a marine crustacean associated with the Indian Ocean, and its flattened body and broad, shovel-shaped antennae distinguish it from the long-antennaed spiny lobsters. Taxonomic databases list the specie...

The Japanese slipper lobster, also called the Japanese mitten lobster, is the marine decapod Parribacus japonicus in the family Scyllaridae. Its reported range is around Japan, including the northwest coast west of Maizuru, the Pacific coast from Tokyo Bay southwestward, and the Ryukyu Islands. FAO...

Scyllarides nodifer is a western Atlantic slipper lobster commonly called the ridged slipper lobster and also known as a shovel-nose lobster in some U.S. references. It is a bottom-dwelling crustacean with an elongate, flattened body, broad plate-like antennae, no claws on its walking legs, and rais...

Ibacus novemdentatus, commonly called the smooth fan lobster, is a slipper lobster in the family Scyllaridae. It occurs in parts of the Indo-Pacific and has a broad, flattened body adapted to life on the seabed. The species is distinguished from related fan lobsters by the relatively smooth surface...

Scyllarides aequinoctialis, known as the Spanish lobster, is a slipper lobster in the family Scyllaridae. It lives in shallow marine habitats, including reef and rocky environments, across the Caribbean Sea and the tropical western Atlantic. Its flattened body and broad front are characteristic of s...

Scyllarides squammosus, the blunt slipper lobster, is a widely distributed Indo-Pacific species found from Hawaii to the Red Sea and is among the larger members of the slipper lobster family.

The Pacific slipper lobster, Evibacus princeps, is a marine crustacean in the slipper lobster family Scyllaridae. It occurs in the eastern Pacific, with records extending along the Pacific coasts of Mexico and farther south toward Peru. Its flattened body and broad, plate-like antennae distinguish s...

Scyllarides haanii, the Haanii slipper lobster, is found in the Indo-West Pacific region from Japan to Australia and is named after Dutch zoologist Wilhelm de Haan.

Deman's slipper lobster, Petrarctus demani, is a small marine decapod crustacean distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific and is specifically notable for its uniquely textured shell.

The Guinea slipper lobster, Arctides guineensis, is a slipper lobster in the family Scyllaridae. Despite the common name, it is associated with the western Atlantic, including parts of the Caribbean region, rather than the eastern Atlantic coast of Africa. Like other slipper lobsters, it has a broad...

The rough slipper lobster, Petrarctus rugosus, is a benthic marine crustacean found in the warm waters of the Indo-Pacific region that is distinguishable by its highly tuberculated body.

Chelarctus cultrifer is a species of slipper lobster in the family Scyllaridae, recorded from the Indo-West Pacific. Its taxonomic history is notable because specimens once treated as one widespread species were later shown to include distinct taxa; research separated the Taiwan and Japan material a...