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Scyllarides aequinoctialis

Scyllarides aequinoctialis
Scyllarides aequinoctialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Achelata
Family: Scyllaridae
Genus: Scyllarides
Species: S. aequinoctialis
Binomial name
Scyllarides aequinoctialis
(Lund, 1793) 
Synonyms 
  • Scyllarus aequinoctialis Lund, 1793
  • Pseudibacus gerstaeckeri Pfeffer, 1881

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 lobster. It grows up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long, with a carapace 12 cm (4.7 in) long.S. aequinoctialis is the type species of the genus Scyllarides, and the first species of slipper lobster to be described from the Western Atlantic.



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