Slipper lobster

Taxobox
name = Slipper lobster

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Scyllarides latus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
subordo = Pleocyemata
infraordo = Achelata
familia = Scyllaridae
familia_authority = Latreille, 1825
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Acantharctus"
"Antarctus"
"Antipodarctus"
"Bathyarctus"
"Biarctus"
"Chelarctus"
"Crenarctus"
"Eduarctus"
"Galearctus"
"Gibbularctus"
"Ibacus"
"Parribacus"
"Petrarctus"
"Remiarctus"
"Scammarctus"
"Scyllarus"
"Scyllarides"
"Thenus"

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.

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7WY_-bflsI Video clip of slipper lobster (Ibacus peronii) digging]