Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Blunt Slipper Lobster
Scyllarides squammosus
Blunt Slipper Lobster
Also known as: Scaly Slipper Lobster
Category: Slipper Lobsters
Scientific Name: Scyllarides squammosus
Size: up to 16 in. (40 cm)  
Depth: 40-200 ft. (12-60 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Hawaii, Australia
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Achelata (Infraorder)
      └Scyllaridae (Family)
       └Scyllarides (Genus)

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