Fishing for Ridged slipper lobster

Scyllarides nodifer

The ridged slipper lobster is a flattened, shovel-shaped lobster with broad, plate-like antennae, no large claws, and a rough carapace bearing rounded ridges and tubercles. Reddish-brown, it lives on sandy and rubble bottoms of the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. The body reaches about 12 inches. Slow-moving and nocturnal, it shelters in crevices by day. This summary was AI generated

Water type

Saltwater

IUCN Status

Least concern

Threat to humans

Harmless

Source: Fishbase

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