Slipper lobster

A marine decapod crustacean in the family Scyllaridae, distinguished by a broad, flattened body and antennae shaped like plates.

Scyllaridae: A family of marine decapod crustaceans commonly called slipper lobsters. This family contains all slipper lobster species.
Molting: The shedding and replacement of an animal's outer covering to permit growth. A slipper lobster must shed its rigid exoskeleton as it grows.
Thenus orientalis: A slipper lobster species found in the Indo-West Pacific and harvested as seafood. It is among the best-known commercially fished slipper lobsters.
Lobster fishery: The commercial and subsistence harvest of lobsters from wild populations. Some slipper lobster species are caught in fisheries alongside other lobsters.
Spiny lobster: A marine crustacean in the family Palinuridae, with long, thick antennae and no large claws. Both have no oversized front claws, but spiny lobsters lack the slipper lobster's flattened antennae.
Decapoda: An order of crustaceans that includes crabs, shrimp, prawns, and lobsters. Slipper lobsters belong to this broader group of ten-legged crustaceans.
Benthic zone: The ecological region at the bottom of a body of water. Most slipper lobsters live and forage on or near the seabed.
Scyllarides latus: A large slipper lobster species native to the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic. This species illustrates the family's presence in temperate coastal waters.
Aquaculture: The breeding, rearing, and harvesting of aquatic organisms under managed conditions. Research explores raising slipper lobsters to supplement wild harvests.
American lobster: A large North Atlantic clawed lobster species, Homarus americanus. Its prominent claws and cylindrical body sharply differ from the slipper lobster's broad form.

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