#scyllaridae

[herpsandbirds]

Red-spotted Slipper Lobster (Parribacus holthuisi), family Scyllaridae, found in the South Pacific

photos: TahitiCrabs (2) & Vetea Liao

[herpsandbirds]

Got to meet one of these guys at a NZ aquarium last year and can't stop thinking about their silly faces, but he was hiding in a rock wedge so I couldn't get any good pictures. Do you have any so I can share my love of this little guy?

SLPPR LBSTR CELEBRATION!!!

Rough Slipper Lobster (Arctides antipodarum), family Scyllaridae, found in the SW Pacific Ocean

photographs by Ian Shaw

Mediterranean Slipper Lobster (Scyllarides latus), family Scyllaridae, order Decapoda, off the coast of Egypt

Though the common name of this group uses the word lobster, they are ion a totally different family from true lobsters (as are spiny lobsters, which are in their own family).

photograph by Peterkoelbl

Spanish Slipper Lobster (Scyllarides aequinoctialis), family Scyllaridae, found along the SE Coast of the US, Bermuda, and the Caribbean Sea

photographs: Betty Willis & Michael Leach

Sculptured Slipper Lobster (Parribacus antarcticus), family Scyllaridae, off the coast of Malaysia

photographs by Diving Tips and Stories

[eflatminorseven]

reading about how slipper lobsters feed on bivalves and

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[herpsandbirds]

Spanish Slipper Lobster (Scyllarides aequinoctialis), family Scyllaridae, found along the SE Coast of the US, Bermuda, and the Caribbean Sea

photographs: Betty Willis & Michael Leach

[herpsandbirds]

Sculptured Slipper Lobster (Parribacus antarcticus), family Scyllaridae, off the coast of Malaysia

photographs by Diving Tips and Stories

[herpsandbirds]

Mediterranean Slipper Lobster (Scyllarides latus), family Scyllaridae, order Decapoda, off the coast of Egypt

Though the common name of this group uses the word lobster, they are ion a totally different family from true lobsters (as are spiny lobsters, which are in their own family).

photograph by Peterkoelbl

[namakos]

Scyllarus cultrifer / ヒメセミエビ

Scyllarus cultrifer

The Scyllarus cultrifer is a speceis of small-sized Slipper lobster. The body length is about 10 cm.

小型のセミエビの仲間です。 体長10cm程度。

Classification Animalia Arthropoda Malacostraca Decapoda Scyllaridae 動物界 節足動物門 軟甲綱 エビ目 セミエビ科 Photo taken at Sumida Aquarium, Tokyo, Japan

[namakos]

Slipper lobster / セミエビ

Scyllarides squamosus

The Slipper lobster is as delicious as the Spiny lobster

セミエビはイセエビ同様美味しい。

Classification Animalia Arthropoda Malacostraca Decapoda Scyllaridae 動物界 節足動物門 軟甲綱 エビ目 セミエビ科 Photo taken at Enoshima Aquarium, Kanagawa, Japan