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Sculptured slipper lobster
Parribacus antarcticus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 210364, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Sculptured slipper lobster
- Scientific
- Parribacus antarcticus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Lobsters
- Maximum size
- Up to about 20 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
The sculptured slipper lobster has a flat, wide, armoured body with no long antennae: instead it has broad, flat plates in front of its head. It hides in caves and crevices by day and forages on the reef at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=15, 7 observers); literature records via OBIS; SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Parribacus-antarcticus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210364
- inaturalist.org /taxa/49794
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Scyllaridae_-_Parribacus_antarcticus.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.