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    Scyllarid lobster biology and ecology

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    © 2019 The Author(s). This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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    2019-07-26
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    10.5772/intechopen.88218
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    Lavalli, Kari
    Spanier, Ehud
    Goldstein, Jason
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    Kari Lavalli, Ehud Spanier, Jason Goldstein. 2019. "Scyllarid Lobster Biology and Ecology." https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.88218
    Abstract
    The family Scyllaridae is the most speciose and diverse of all families of marine lobsters. Slipper lobsters are found in both tropical and temperate habitats with hard or soft substrates and at different depths, and exhibit a wide array of morphological, anatomical, and physiological adaptations. Among the 20 genera and at least 89 species constituting 4 subfamilies, only some members of 4 genera, Thenus (Theninae), Scyllarides (Arctidinae), Ibacus and Parribacus (Ibacinae), form significant fisheries because of their large size. While scientific information on these lobsters has increased considerably in recent decades, it is still limited compared with commercially valuable spiny and clawed lobsters, and is confined to a few key species. The present chapter presents the current available knowledge on the biology of scyllarids and attempts to point out where questions remain to help focus further studies in this important group.
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