blue-back locust lobster
Petrarctus brevicornis
- Usual depth143–306 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsSeptember and October
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 8 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 143–306 m · Deepest record: 380 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- blue-back locust lobster
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- シワヒメセミエビ
- Korean
- 혹등매미새우
Other scientific names: Arctus rugosus, Scyllarus brevicornis
Similar species
- hunchback locust lobster
Petrarctus rugosus
- striated locust lobster
Eduarctus martensii
- Horseshoe crab
Parribacus antarcticus
- Red flapjack
Arctides antipodarum
- King's Hawaiian lobster
Arctides regalis
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 101 open-data records from 1993 to 2006.
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