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Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 
AphiaID: 106795

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Macrura Reptantia (Suborder) > Achelata (Infraorder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Achelata
Sources  basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Chan, T.Y., 2010. Annotated Checklist of the World’s Marine Lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidea, Glypheidea, Achelata, Polychelida). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 23: 153–181. [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch beerkreeften  [details]
English slipper lobsters  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subfamily Arctidinae Holthuis, 1985
  » Genus Arctides Holthuis, 1960
» Genus Scyllarides Gill, 1898
Subfamily Ibacinae Holthuis, 1985
  » Genus Evibacus Smith, 1869
» Genus Ibacus Leach, 1815
» Genus Parribacus Dana, 1852
Subfamily Scyllarinae Latreille, 1825
  » Genus Acantharctus Holthuis, 2002
» Genus Antarctus Holthuis, 2002
» Genus Antipodarctus Holthuis, 2002
» Genus Arctus
» Genus Bathyarctus Holthuis, 2002
» Genus Biarctus Holthuis, 2002
» Genus Chelarctus Holthuis, 2002
» Genus Crenarctus Holthuis, 2002
» Genus Eduarctus Holthuis, 2002
» Genus Galearctus Holthuis, 2002
» Genus Gibbularctus Holthuis, 2002
» Genus Petrarctus Holthuis, 2002
» Genus Remiarctus Holthuis, 2002
» Genus Scammarctus Holthuis, 2002
» Genus Scyllarus Fabricius, 1775
Subfamily Theninae Holthuis, 1985
  » Genus Thenus Leach, 1816
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
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Notes  Authority: Authority taken from d'Udekem d'Acoz [details]

Description: Body strongly flattened dorsoventrally; carapace without a rostrum; legs without pincers, none of them enlarged; antennae scale-like. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106795
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Türkay, Michael
2005-05-03 07:34:09Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2009-02-24 10:52:10Z  changed  Poore, Gary
  
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  Citation: Türkay, M. (2013). Scyllaridae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106795 on 2013-05-21
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