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Scyllarus arctus

Crustaceans

Scyllarus arctus is a species of slipper lobster found throughout the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands north to the English Channel, though it is uncommon in British and Irish waters. Known by vernacular names including the small European locust lobster, lesser slipper lobster, and broad lobster, it lives at depths of 4 to 50 meters on muddy or rocky bottoms and in Posidonia seagrass meadows, growing up to 16 centimeters long though typically 5 to 10 centimeters, with reddish-brown coloring, dark brown spots on its abdomen, and dark blue rings on its legs. The IUCN lists it as Least Concern. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Scyllarus arctus 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Decapoda, Taxa
Source Scyllarus arctus (Wikidata)
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1. Scyllarus arctus (Wikipedia)
  • Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
    own spots on its abdomen, and dark blue rings on its legs. The IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    Scyllarus arctus is a species of slipper lobster found throughout the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands north to the English Channel, though it is uncommon in British and Irish waters.
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2. Scyllarus arctus (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q28455 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Decapoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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