Scyllarides squammosus (H.Milne-Edwards, 1837) is a animal in the Scyllaridae family, order Decapoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Scyllarides squammosus (H.Milne-Edwards, 1837)

Scyllarides squammosus (H.Milne-Edwards, 1837)

Scyllarides squammosus, the blunt slipper lobster, is an Indo-West Pacific slipper lobster found at 7.5–71 m depth.

Family
Genus
Scyllarides
Order
Decapoda
Class
Malacostraca

About Scyllarides squammosus (H.Milne-Edwards, 1837)

Scyllarides squammosus, first described by H. Milne-Edwards in 1837, is a species of slipper lobster commonly called the blunt slipper lobster. This species lives across the Indo-West Pacific region. Its specific range extends from East Africa to Japan, Hawaii, Melanesia, New Caledonia, and multiple regions of Australia: Queensland, New South Wales, and Western Australia. Blunt slipper lobsters have been recorded living at depths between 7.5 meters and 71 meters.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Malacostraca Decapoda Scyllaridae Scyllarides

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