Parribacus antarcticus

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| status = LC

| status_system =IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Chan, T.Y. |date=2011 |title=Parribacus antarcticus |volume=2011 |page=e.T170071A6725197 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T170071A6725197.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| image = Scyllaridae - Parribacus antarcticus.jpg

| image_caption = Parribacus antarcticus, in Bunaken, Sulawesi

| genus = Parribacus

| species = antarcticus

| authority = (Lund, 1793)

| synonyms = {{Species list

|Cancer (Astacus) ursus major|Herbst, 1793

|Cancer barffi|Curtiss, 1938

|Ibacus antarcticus|(Lund, 1793)

|Ibacus ciliatus|Guilding, 1824

|Ibacus parrae|H. Milne Edwards, 1837

|Parribacus antarcticus carinatus|Pfeffer, 1881

|Parribacus papyraceus|Rathbun, 1906

|Parribacus ursus major|(Herbst, 1793)

|Pseudibacus Pfefferi|Miers, 1882

|Scyllarus antarcticus|Lund, 1793

|Scyllarus carinatus|Guilding, 1824}}

| synonyms_ref = {{cite WoRMS |title=Parribacus antarcticus (Lund, 1793) |id=210364 |accessdate=16 December 2024}}

}}

Parribacus antarcticus is a species of slipper lobster.{{ITIS |id=97682 |taxon=Parribacus antarcticus (Lund, 1793) |accessdate=18 February 2012}} Its common names include "sculptured mitten lobster" and "sculptured slipper lobster" in English, and {{lang|hi|ula-pehu}} and {{lang|hi|ula-pápapa}} in Hawaiian.

Description

File:Parribacus-antarcticus2-National-Zoo-2010.jpg]] Parribacus antarcticus can reach a length of about 20 cm in males, but usually they are between 12 and 15 cm.. They are yellowish, mottled with brown and black patches, while rostrum and orbital margin are purplish. They have quite flattened bodies, with dorsal surface covered with tubercles and short hairs. The lateral margin shows large teeth banded with yellow, orange and light purple. In the abdominal somites the transverse groove is wide, with just a few hairs or tubercles. The small eyes are situated inside not closed orbits on the anterior margin of the carapace.

This species is nocturnal and in the daytime it usually hides in crevices or underside of large slabs or ledges, frequently in small groups. It can swim backwards very quickly by using the tails. This slipper lobster eats a variety of molluscs, small shrimps, crabs and sea urchins.

Distribution

P. antarcticus is distributed along the western coast the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to northern Brazil, along the southern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, and in Hawaii and Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean.{{cite book |url=http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=lobsters&id=192&menuentry=soorten |chapter=Parribacus antarcticus |pages=209–210 |work=FAO Species Catalogue, Volume 13 |title=Marine Lobsters of the World |author=Lipke B. Holthuis |author-link=Lipke Holthuis |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization |year=1991 |isbn=92-5-103027-8 |series=FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125}}

Habitat

These slipper lobsters are bottom dwellers. Their habitat are the shallow water of lagoons and coral or stone marine reefs, preferably with a sandy bottom, at a depth of 0 – 20 m.

References

External links

[ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/w7192e/w7192e26.pdf Slipper lobsters keys at Ftp.fao – P. antarcticus]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
[http://eol.org/pages/1021940/overview Encyclopedia of Life]
[https://archive.today/20121205180534/http://142.103.81.136/summary/speciessummary.php?id=26142 Species summary]

Category:Achelata

Category:Crustaceans described in 1793

Category:Arthropods of the Dominican Republic

Category:Crustaceans of Brazil