Arctides

Arctides
	Arctides antipodarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Achelata
Family:	Scyllaridae
Genus:	Arctides; Holthuis, 1960
Species
	Arctides guineensis (Spengler, 1799); Arctides regalis Holthuis, 1963; Arctides antipodarum Holthuis, 1960;

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Arctides is a genus of slipper lobsters, containing three species.^[2] The largest of these, A. antipodarum, has a carapace up to 100 millimetres (3.9 in) long, and is found off south-eastern Australia and parts of New Zealand. The other two species are smaller, at up to 70 millimetres (2.8 in) carapace length; A. guineensis is found in an area similar to the Bermuda Triangle; A. regalis is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific, from the Mascarene Islands to Hawaii and Easter Island.^[2]

References

^ "Arctides Holthuis, 1960". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Lipke B. Holthuis (2006). "Revision of the genus Arctides Holthuis, 1960 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae)" (PDF). Zoosystema. 28 (2): 417–433.

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[1] "Arctides Holthuis, 1960". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[LBH-2] Lipke B. Holthuis (2006). "Revision of the genus Arctides Holthuis, 1960 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae)" (PDF). Zoosystema. 28 (2): 417–433.

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