Family Scyllaridae Latreille 1825 (slipper lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Scyllaridae

Parent taxon: Achelata according to C.E. Schweitzer and R.M. Feldmann 2024

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Cancrinidae, Lessinoachela, Palinura, Palinuridae, Palinuroidea, Polzicaris

Subtaxa: Acanthophoenicides Antarctus Arctides Arctidinae Bathyarctus Biarctus Charbelicaris Crenarctus Galearctus Llajassus Neoscyllarida Palibacus Parribacus Parsacus Scyllarella Scyllarides Scyllarus

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Type: Scyllarus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Fiji (1 collection)

• Eocene of Iran (1), Italy (1), Pakistan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: California, Oregon)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences

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