Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Small Spanish Lobster
Arctides guineensis
Small Spanish Lobster
Category: Slipper Lobsters
Scientific Name: Arctides guineensis
Size: up to 8 in. (20 cm)  
Depth: 25-100 ft. (8-30 m)
Distribution: Bahamas, Florida, Eastern Caribbean
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Achelata (Infraorder)
      └Scyllaridae (Family)
       └Arctides (Genus)

Crustaceans
Slipper Lobsters

Small Spanish Lobster

Sculptured Slipper Lobster

Spanish Lobster

Blunt Slipper Lobster



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