Scyllarides

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Achelata

Familia: Scyllaridae
Subfamily: Arctidinae
Genus: Scyllarides

Species: S. astori – S. haani –
Name

Scyllarides
References

Carbajal-López, A., Rosende-Pereiro, A. & Corgos, A. 2017. First record and range extension of the Galapagos slipper lobster, Scyllarides astori (Decapoda, Scyllaridae) in the central Pacific coast of Mexico mainland. Zootaxa 4277(2): 285–288. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.2.10. Reference page.

Scyllarides is a genus of slipper lobsters.
Characteristics

Scyllarides is placed in the subfamily Arctidinae, which is differentiated from other subfamilies by the presence of multiarticulated exopods on all three maxillipeds, and a three-segmented palp on the mandible. The only other genus in the subfamily, Arctides, is distinguished by having a more highly sculptured carapace, with an extra spine behind each eye, and a transverse groove on the first segment of the abdomen.[2]
Taxonomic history

In 1849, Wilhem de Haan divided the genus Scyllarus into two genera, Scyllarus and Arctus, but made the error of including the type species of Scyllarus in the genus Arctus. This was first recognised by the ichthyologist Theodore Gill in 1898, who synonymised Arctus with Scyllarus, and erected a new genus Scyllarides to hold the species that De Haan had placed in Scyllarus.[3]
Species

Scyllarides comprises the following extant species:[4][5]

Scyllarides aequinoctialis (Lund, 1793)
Scyllarides astori Holthuis, 1960
Scyllarides brasiliensis Rathbun, 1906
Scyllarides deceptor Holthuis, 1963
Scyllarides delfosi Holthuis, 1960
Scyllarides elisabethae (Ortmann, 1894)
Scyllarides haanii (De Haan, 1841)
Scyllarides herklotsii (Herklots, 1851)
Scyllarides latus (Latreille, 1802)
Scyllarides nodifer (Stimpson, 1866)
Scyllarides obtusus Holthuis, 1993 [6]
Scyllarides roggeveeni Holthuis, 1967
Scyllarides squammosus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
Scyllarides tridacnophaga Holthuis, 1967

In addition, two extinct species of Scyllarides are known from the Eocene of Europe:

Scyllarides bolcensis de Angeli & Garassino, 2008 [7]
Scyllarides tuberculatus (König, 1825) [8]

References

Lipke Holthuis (1951). "Proposed use of the plenary powers to render the generic name "Scyllarides" Gill,1898 (Class Crustacca, order Decapoda) the oldest available name for the species currently referred thereto". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature (2): 81–82.
Lipke B. Holthuis (1991). "Key". FAO Species Catalogue, Volume 13. Marine Lobsters of the World. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Food and Agriculture Organization. ISBN 92-5-103027-8.
Lipke B. Holthuis (2002). "The Indo-Pacific scyllarine lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae)" (PDF). Zoosystema. 24 (3): 499–683.
Lipke Holthuis (1991). FAO Species Catalogue, Volume 13. Marine Lobsters of the World. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Food and Agriculture Organization. ISBN 92-5-103027-8.
Tin-Yam Chan (2010). Martyn E. Y. Low & S. H. Tan (eds.). "Annotated checklist of the world's marine lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidea, Glypheidea, Achelata, Polychelida)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (Suppl 23): 153–181. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16.
Lipke Holthuis (1993). "Scyllarides obtusus spec. nov., the scyllarid lobster of Saint Helena, Central South Atlantic (Crustacea: Decapoda Reptantia: Scyllaridae)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 67 (36): 505–515.
Antonio de Angeli & Alessandro Garassino (2008). "Pseudosquilla lessinea n. sp. (Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Pseudosquillidae) and Scyllarides bolcensis n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae) from the lower Eocene (Ypresian) of Monte Postale (Altissimo, Vicenza, NE Italy)". Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 149 (2): 167–178.
Joe S. H. Collins & Jeff Saward (2006). "Three new genera and species of crabs from the Lower Eocene London Clay of Essex, England" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum. 33: 67–76.