Bay lobster
Thenus orientalis
- Usual depth15–100 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary and September
- How commonRare
About this species
Thenus orientalis is a species of slipper lobster from the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Thenus”, 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: 1 records
- February: 7 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 3 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 15–100 m · Deepest record: 140 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Bay lobster, Bug, Common flapjack lobster, Flathead lobster, Flathead locust lobster, Gulf lobster, bay lobster, bug, common flapjack lobster, flathead lobster, flathead locust lobster, Moreton Bay bug, northern bay lobster, Oriental Slipper Lobster, sand crayfish, sand lobster, shovelnosed lobster
Names in 7 more languages
- Spanish
- cigarra chata
- Filipino
- cupapa, pitik-pitik
- French
- cigale raquette, homard sans cornes
- Indonesian
- udang pasir
- Japanese
- uchiwa-ebi-modoki, ウチワエビモドキ
- Thai
- kung hin, kung kradan, กั้งกระดานขาลาย
- Simplified Chinese
- pei pa ha, 東方扁蝦, 東方扁蝦(東方扇蝦)
Other scientific names: Ibacus orientalis, Scyllarus orientalis, Scyllibacus orientalis
Similar species
- striated locust lobster
Eduarctus martensii
- Horseshoe crab
Parribacus antarcticus
- Red flapjack
Arctides antipodarum
- King's Hawaiian lobster
Arctides regalis
- Locust Lobster
Chelarctus aureus
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).
- 130 open-data records from 1793 to 1996.
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