Slipper lobsters are a
familyIn biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus...
of
achelateThe Achelata is an infra-order of the reptant Decapoda. It contains the spiny lobsters , the slipper lobsters and the furry lobsters...
(clawless)
decapodThe decapods or Decapoda are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns and shrimp. Most decapods are scavengers.-Anatomy:...
crustaceanCrustaceans are a very large group of arthropods, comprising almost 52,000 described species , and are usually treated as a subphylum . They include various familiar animals, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles...
s found in all warm oceans and seas. Despite their name, they are not
true lobsterClawed lobsters compose a family of large marine crustaceans. Lobsters are economically important as seafood, forming the basis of a global industry that nets US$31.8 billion in trade annually....
s, but are more closely related to
spiny lobsterSpiny lobsters, also known as langouste or rock lobsters are a family of about 45 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia...
s and
furry lobsterFurry lobsters are small decapod crustaceans, closely related to the slipper lobsters and spiny lobsters. The antennae are not as enlarged as in spiny and slipper lobsters, and the body is covered in short hairs, hence the name furry lobster...
s. Slipper lobsters are instantly recognisable by their enlarged
antennaeAntennae in biology have historically been paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods and crustaceans. More recently, the term has also been applied to cilium structures present in many cell types of eukaryotes....
, which project forward from the head as wide plates. Some, such as the
Moreton Bay bugThe Moreton Bay bug , also known as the Bay lobster, is a species of slipper lobster found throughout the waters of Australia's north coast...
and the
Balmain bugThe Balmain bug, Ibacus peronii, is a type of slipper lobster. It is found at depths of 20–500 m off the coast of Australia from Southport in Queensland to Geraldton in Western Australia, and off the coast of New Zealand ...
are important food species.
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Slipper lobsters are a
familyIn biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus...
of
achelateThe Achelata is an infra-order of the reptant Decapoda. It contains the spiny lobsters , the slipper lobsters and the furry lobsters...
(clawless)
decapodThe decapods or Decapoda are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns and shrimp. Most decapods are scavengers.-Anatomy:...
crustaceanCrustaceans are a very large group of arthropods, comprising almost 52,000 described species , and are usually treated as a subphylum . They include various familiar animals, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles...
s found in all warm oceans and seas. Despite their name, they are not
true lobsterClawed lobsters compose a family of large marine crustaceans. Lobsters are economically important as seafood, forming the basis of a global industry that nets US$31.8 billion in trade annually....
s, but are more closely related to
spiny lobsterSpiny lobsters, also known as langouste or rock lobsters are a family of about 45 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia...
s and
furry lobsterFurry lobsters are small decapod crustaceans, closely related to the slipper lobsters and spiny lobsters. The antennae are not as enlarged as in spiny and slipper lobsters, and the body is covered in short hairs, hence the name furry lobster...
s. Slipper lobsters are instantly recognisable by their enlarged
antennaeAntennae in biology have historically been paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods and crustaceans. More recently, the term has also been applied to cilium structures present in many cell types of eukaryotes....
, which project forward from the head as wide plates. Some, such as the
Moreton Bay bugThe Moreton Bay bug , also known as the Bay lobster, is a species of slipper lobster found throughout the waters of Australia's north coast...
and the
Balmain bugThe Balmain bug, Ibacus peronii, is a type of slipper lobster. It is found at depths of 20–500 m off the coast of Australia from Southport in Queensland to Geraldton in Western Australia, and off the coast of New Zealand ...
are important food species.
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