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Bathyarctus

Bathyarctus is a genus of slipper lobsters belonging to the family Scyllaridae.

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Bathyarctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Scyllaridae
Genus: Bathyarctus
Holthuis, 2002

Bathyarctus is a genus of slipper lobsters belonging to the family Scyllaridae.12

Species

There are 7 species assigned to this genus:1

  • Bathyarctus andamanicus Yang, Chan & Thein, 2024
  • Bathyarctus chani Holthuis, 2002
  • Bathyarctus faxoni (Bouvier, 1925)
  • Bathyarctus formosanus (Chan & Yu, 1992)
  • Bathyarctus ramosae (Tavares, 1997)
  • Bathyarctus rubens (Alcock & Anderson, 1894)
  • Bathyarctus steatopygus Holthuis, 2002
References

References

  1. WoRMS. "Bathyarctus Holthuis, 2002". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  2. Holthuis, L. B. (2002). "The Indo-Pacific scyllarine lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae)" (PDF). Zoosystema. 24 (3): 499–683.