Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific 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) Arthropods
└Crustacea (Subphylum) Crustaceans
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass) Typical Crustaceans
  └Malacostraca (Class) Malacostracans
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass) Decapods, Isopods, and Allies
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order) Decapods
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Achelata (Infraorder)
        └Scyllaridae (Family) Slipper Lobsters
         └Scyllarides (Genus)
          └S. squammosus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 210089🔗
iNaturalist ID: 112397🔗

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