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Scyllarides squammosus Scaly Slipper Lobster, Blunt Slipper Lobster

Scyllarides squammosus is commonly referred to as Scaly Slipper Lobster, Blunt Slipper Lobster. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Alan Sutton, Tansania

PN0A3048_Scyllarides squammosus, Tanzania 2022


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lexID:
7539 
AphiaID:
210089 
Scientific:
Scyllarides squammosus 
German:
Stumpfer Bärenkrebs 
English:
Scaly Slipper Lobster, Blunt Slipper Lobster 
Category:
Kreeftachtigen 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Scyllaridae (Family) > Scyllarides (Genus) > squammosus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(H. Milne Edwards, ), 1837 
Occurrence:
Djibouti, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Australia, Bismarck Archipelago, China, East Africa, Fiji, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Okinawa, Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Taiwan, Tansania, the Seychelles, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
5 - 120 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
up to 15.75" (40 cm) 
Temperature:
70.7 °F - 83.48 °F (21.5°C - 28.6°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Clams, Predatory, Schrimps, Sea urchins, Snails, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-04-24 14:09:55 

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Scyllarides squammosus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

Blunt Slipper lobster are predominantly a light reddish brown color mixed with yellow in some areas.

Synonymised names
Scyllarides sieboldi (De Haan, 1841) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scyllarus sieboldi De Haan, 1841 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scyllarus squammosus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. RLS (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. seaunseen.com (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2022.

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