Mediterranean Slipper Lobster Scyllarides latus

Mediterranean Slipper Lobster
Mediterranean Slipper Lobster
Mediterranean Slipper Lobster
Slipper lobsters don't have claws with pincers. Their second pair of antennae are flat lobes. The Mediterranean Slipper Lobster is native to warm coastal waters of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to Senegal including the Mediterranean. It can grow to 45cm (18 inches) long. Its population has declined substantially through overfishing.