Scyllarides herklotsii

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Scyllarides herklotsii

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Scyllaridae
Genus:
Scyllarides
Species:
S. herklotsii
Binomial name
Scyllarides herklotsii
(, 1851) [2]
Synonyms

Scyllarus herklotsii Herklots, 1851

Scyllarides herklotsii is a species of slipper lobster from the Atlantic coast West Africa. It is edible, but is not commercially fished, and is taken only by accident.[3]

S. herklotsii was named in 1851 by Jan Adrian (or Janus Adrianus) Herklots in a doctoral thesis at the University of Leiden;[4] the type material came from Butre, Ghana,[3] and is stored at the Dutch Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum.[5] The species is found from Senegal, where its range overlaps slightly with that of Scyllarides latus, south to , Angola. It usually lives at depths of 5–70 metres (16–230 ft), but has been recorded from depths as great as 200 m (660 ft).[3] It prefers sandy and rocky substrates.[3]

Scyllarides herklotsii reaches a total length of 32 centimetres (13 in), but does not generally exceed 25 cm (9.8 in) long.[3] It may be differentiated from S. latus by the lower, more rounded nature of the tubercles on the carapace.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ A. Cockcroft; A. MacDiarmid & M. Butler (2011). "Scyllarides herklotsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T170028A6712946. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T170028A6712946.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Scyllarides herklotsii (Herklots, 1851)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Lipke B. Holthuis (1991). "Scyllarides herklotsii". FAO Species Catalogue, Volume 13. Marine Lobsters of the World. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Food and Agriculture Organization. ISBN 92-5-103027-8.
  4. ^ Janus Adrianus Herklots (1851). Additamenta ad faunam carcinologicam Africae occidentalis (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). Academia Lugduno-Batava.
  5. ^ Tin-Yam Chan & Charles Fransen (2010). "Scyllarides herklotsii (Herklots, 1851)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
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