Arctides (original) (raw)
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Genus of crustaceans
| Arctides | |
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| Arctides antipodarum | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Scyllaridae |
| Subfamily: | Arctidinae |
| Genus: | ArctidesHolthuis, 1960 [1] |
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| Arctides antipodarum Holthuis, 1960 Arctides guineensis (Spengler, 1799) Arctides regalis Holthuis, 1963 |
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]
A regal slipper lobster (Arctides regalis) in Hawaii
- ^ "Arctides Holthuis, 1960". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
- ^ a b Lipke B. Holthuis (2006). "Revision of the genus Arctides Holthuis, 1960 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae)" (PDF). Zoosystema. 28 (2): 417–433.