Arctides guineensis
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Arctides guineensis is a species of slipper lobster that lives in the Bermuda Triangle.[3] It is known in Bermuda as the small Spanish lobster, a name which is also favoured by the FAO.[3]
Description
Arctides guineensis reaches a maximum length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in), or a carapace length of 4–6 cm (1.6–2.4 in).[3]
Taxonomy
A. guineensis was
type locality as "Dens Fædreneland er Kysten af Guinea", probably meaning Ghana. However, A. guineensis is not known to have ever occurred near Africa, and this locality is probably an error.[3] The species was also described by Pierre André Latreille in 1818 under the name Scyllarus sculptus, citing a type locality of "Méditerranée" (Mediterranean Sea), which is also unlikely.[4]
References
- . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Arctides guineensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ ISBN 92-5-103027-8. Archived from the originalon 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ a b Lipke B. Holthuis (2002). "The Indo-Pacific scyllarine lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae)" (PDF). Zoosystema. 24 (3): 499–683.
- ^ Lipke B. Holthuis (1962). "Preliminary descriptions of some new species of Palinuridea (Crustacea Decapoda, Macrura Retantia)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. C. 66 (1): 54–60.