Red flapjack
Arctides antipodarum
- Usual depth6–1,025 m
- Water temperature14–24 °C
- Best monthsMay and November
- How commonRare
About this species
Arctides antipodum is a species of slipper lobster in the family Scyllaridae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Arctides antipodarum”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–1,025 m · Deepest record: 1,035 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–24 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Red flapjack, Rough Spanish lobster, South-eastern shovel-nosed crayfish, South-eastern squat crayfish, Southern shovel-nosed cray, Spanish lobster, red flapjack, rough Spanish lobster, south-eastern shovel-nosed crayfish, south-eastern squat crayfish, southern shovel-nosed cray, squat crayfish
Similar species
- King's Hawaiian lobster
Arctides regalis
- striated locust lobster
Eduarctus martensii
- Horseshoe crab
Parribacus antarcticus
- Locust Lobster
Chelarctus aureus
- Mosaic Locust Lobster
Chelarctus cultrifer
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 57 open-data records from 1907 to 2023.
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