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Acantharctus

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

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Acantharctus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Scyllaridae
Genus: Acantharctus
Holthuis, 20021

Acantharctus is a genus of slipper lobsters belonging to the family Scyllaridae.23

Species

  • Acantharctus delfini (Bouvier, 1909)
  • Acantharctus ornatus (Holthuis, 1960)
  • Acantharctus posteli (Forest, 1963)
References

References

  1. "Acantharctus Holthuis, 2002". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  2. Holthuis, L.B. (2002). The Indo-Pacific scyllarine lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae). Zoosystema. 24 (3) : 499-683.
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acantharctus Holthuis, 2002". www.marinespecies.org.