Scyllarides koenigi (Bell, 1857)
Scyllarides koenigi (Bell, 1857)
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Scyllarides tuberculatus (Konig, 1825) and Cancer tuberculatus (Konig, 1825) are synonymys of Scyllarides koenigi.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Scyllaridae
Genus: Scyllarides
Species: Scyllarides koenigi
From personal collection, prepped by Tony Vale
Location: Isle of Sheppey
Image accreditation:
https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/r03862?listIndex=6&listCount=31
Location: Isle of Sheppey
Image accreditation:
https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/r03863?listIndex=7&listCount=31
Details of eye
Photos permission graciously granted by Gary Walker
Details of eye
Photos permission graciously granted by Gary Walker
The genus Scyllarides is still alive today and they are a type of slipper lobsters.
On the left is a very close relative of Scyllarides koenigi so would have looked very similar to each other.
Acknowledgments:
Thank you very much Gary Walker for allowing usage of the images on this page.
Refrences:
"A monograph of the fossil malacostracous Crustacea of Great Britain"
English Eocene Crustacea (lobsters and stomatopod)
https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1667453
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1056356525
https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/r03862?listIndex=6&listCount=31
https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/r03863?listIndex=7&listCount=31
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4846832838
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