#scyllarides

[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

[every-animal]

Common name: Mediterranean Slipper Lobster

Scientific name: Scyllarides latus

Can be found in: Mediterranean Sea, Eastern Atlantic Ocean

Info: S. latus is a species of slipper lobster that lives in depths of 4-100 metres (13-328 ft), living in mostly sandy or rocky substrates. They prefer to live in areas with more than one exit on the ceilings of caves or within reefs. More than one will share the same shelter. They eat molluscs, limpets, gastropods, mussels, and bivalves. an S. latus can detect its prey under 3.5 cm (1.4 in) of sediment, and will bring it back to its shelter before eating it. They can also east oysters and squid. Their main predator is the Grey Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus). S. Latus is mostly nocturnal since its predators are diurnal (active during the day). S. latus doesn't have claws like true lobsters to protect from predators, so it either clings onto a surface or swims away by "tail flip."

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[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