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.[2] Its common name is Spanish slipper lobster.[1] It grows up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long, with a carapace 12 cm (4.7 in) long.[2] S. aequinoctialis is the type species of the genus Scyllarides and the first species of slipper lobster to be described from the Western Atlantic.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Scyllaridae |
| Genus: | Scyllarides |
| Species: | S. aequinoctialis
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References
edit- ^ a b Butler, M.; Cockcroft, A.; MacDiarmid, A. (2011). "Scyllarides aequinoctialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170075A6726084. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T170075A6726084.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Lipke B. Holthuis (1991). "Scyllarides aequinoctialis" (PDF). FAO Species Catalogue, Volume 13. Marine Lobsters of the World. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization. pp. 183–184. ISBN 92-5-103027-8.
- ^ "Scyllarides aequinoctialis (Lund, 1793)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
- ^ Lipke B. Holthuis (2002). "The Indo-Pacific scyllarine lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae)" (PDF). Zoosystema. 24 (3): 499–683.
External links
edit- Photos of Scyllarides aequinoctialis on Sealife Collection
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