Slipper Lobster

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Slipper lobster

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Scyllaridae

Size

Ku fika eka 50 cm, hintolovelo 25 cm.

Nhlamuselo

Yina timhondzo timbirhi leti langutekaka onge i foxolo. Yiva na miri wo leha ku fana na Lobster yantolovelo. Yiva na tip here ta 5 leti kumekaka eka carapace(fused plates covering thorax). Yikota ngopfu ku tumbela hi muhlovo wa yona wa buraweni yo vonikela na beige leyinga tala ngopfu. Tinwana tina muhlovo wotshuka, wasi kumbe milayeni yantima na swicoticoti.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wufika eka 8 na tinxakaxaka ta 71. Yina vuxaka swinene na Spiny na Coral lobster. Lexi ixihadyana lexingana ku kankana swinene. Yiti celela e saveni/sandi kuva yiti sirhelela. Yikumeka ngopfu eka tindzhawu letingana sava/sandi kumbe laha kunga thyaka leri endliwaka hi swimilani swale matini. Yitshikela matandza kuti andzisa.

Swakudya

Swakudya swa yona swikatsa ti molluscs, crustaceans, swivungu, echinoderms nati detritus.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle ya laha misava.

Common species

Ridged slipper lobster (Scyllarides nodifer)
Shoveller crayfish (Scyllarides elizabethae)
Spanish slipper lobster (Scyllarides aequinoctialis)