Mediterranean Slipper Lobster
Scyllarides latus · Crustacean
A lobster with neither claws nor spines, of the Mediterranean and the eastern Atlantic from near Lisbon to Senegal and the Atlantic islands, up to about 45 cm long though rarely over 30, and up to 1.5 kg; its second antennae are flattened into shovels, and its thick, lumpy shell is its armour. By day several share a den, on the ceiling of a cave or in a reef; at night they come out to prise open limpets, bivalves and oysters. Highly regarded as food but now rare over much of its range from overfishing, it is taken in trammel nets, trawls and lobster pots, and more and more by divers' hands.
- Danger
- Harmless
- How it is met
- In colonies, by night
- Size
- Small
- In winter
- Active in winter
Where it lives
Rocky Shore, Coastal Shelf, Sea Cave
Gives
Sources
- Scyllarides latus. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
- Scyllarides latus. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
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