Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesia

Sculptured Slipper Lobster
Parribacus antarcticus
Sculptured Slipper Lobster
Also known as: Sculptured Mitten Lobster, Brown Slipper Lobster
Category: Slipper Lobsters
Scientific Name: Parribacus antarcticus
Size: 4 to 8 in. (10 to 20 cm)  
Depth: 10-75 ft. (3-23 m)
Distribution: Circumtropical
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Achelata (Infraorder)
        └Scyllaridae (Family)
         └Parribacus (Genus)
          └P. antarcticus (Species)

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