Arctides
| Arctides | |
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| Arctides antipodarum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Achelata |
| Family: | Scyllaridae |
| Genus: | Arctides Holthuis, 1960 [1] |
| Species | |
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Arctides is a genus of slipper lobsters, containing three species.[2] The largest of these, A. antipodarum, has a carapace up to 100 millimetres (3.9 in) long, and is found off south-eastern Australia and parts of New Zealand. The other two species are smaller, at up to 70 millimetres (2.8 in) carapace length; A. guineensis is found in an area similar to the Bermuda Triangle; A. regalis is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific, from the Mascarene Islands to Hawaii and Easter Island.[2]
References
- ↑ "Arctides Holthuis, 1960". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
- 1 2 Lipke B. Holthuis (2006). "Revision of the genus Arctides Holthuis, 1960 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae)" (PDF). Zoosystema. 28 (2): 417–433.
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