The Mediterranean slipper lobster, Scyllarides latus, is a species of slipper lobster found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is edible and highly regarded as food, but has become rare over much of its range due to overfishing. Adults may grow to about a foot long, are camouflaged, and lack claws entirely, unlike true lobsters. They are nocturnal, emerging from caves and other shelters at night to feed on mollusks, and are themselves preyed on by a variety of bony fish.
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Decapoda, Taxa Source Scyllarides latus (Wikidata)
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1. Scyllarides latus (Wikipedia)
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They are nocturnal, emerging from caves and other shelters during the night to feed on molluscs.
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It is edible and highly regarded as food, but is now rare over much of its range due to overfishing.
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. Scyllarides latus (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q1493127 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): data deficient.
- Child Taxon Of: Decapoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Animalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
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5. Mediterranean Slipper Lobster (Wikipedia)
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