Scyllarides aequinoctialis

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.[2] Its common name is Spanish slipper lobster.[1] It grows up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long, with a carapace 12 cm (4.7 in) long.[2] S. aequinoctialis is the type species of the genus Scyllarides and the first species of slipper lobster to be described from the Western Atlantic.[4]

Scyllarides aequinoctialis
Scyllarides aequinoctialis
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S. aequinoctialis
Binomial name
Scyllarides aequinoctialis
(Lund, 1793) [2][3]
Synonyms[2]
  • Scyllarus aequinoctialis Lund, 1793
  • Pseudibacus gerstaeckeri Pfeffer, 1881

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