Rough Spanish Lobster
Arctides antipodarum
- Group: Lobster
- Typical depth: 5–146 m
- Max size: 30 cm
- IUCN status: LC
The rough Spanish lobster is a flat, plated slipper lobster that favours clear water over rocky bottoms, usually in the shallows between five and thirty metres. Instead of long antennae it carries broad plates at the front of its head, and it grows to around thirty centimetres.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Scyllaridae › Arctides
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 382907.
FAQ
- How deep does the Rough Spanish Lobster live?
- The Rough Spanish Lobster (Arctides antipodarum) is typically found at 5–146 m.
- How big does the Rough Spanish Lobster get?
- The Rough Spanish Lobster grows to about 30 cm.