Slipper Lobster

Dzina ḽa muṱa ḽo ḓoweleyaho

Slipper Lobster

Dzina ḽa tshi saitsi

Scyllaridae

Tshivhumbeo

U swika kha 50 cm, yo linganelaho ndi 25 cm.

Ṱhaluso

Ina phere nnthihi yo hulaho ya antennae ina ya vhonala sa fosholo. Ya vha na muvhili mulapfu wo no nga wa lobster yo ḓoweleyaho. Ya vha na phere ṱhanu dza milenzhe zwine zwa vhidzwa carapace (huna zwithu zwo tingeledzaho mukulo) ina mavhala a vhuḓi na buraweni yo no vhonala na beige. Dzinwe ndi tsuku na wono nga makole na zwithoma –thoma.

Nḓivho yo ḓoweleyaho

Hoyu ndi muṱa wa 8 wa vha na tshaka dza 71. Ndi shaka ḽa tsini vhukuma ḽa Spiny. Dzi ya kona u ḓi vhulunga muṱavhani u itela u ḓi tsireledza. Dzi ya kudzela makumba.

Kuḽele

Dzi ḽa dzi molluscs, zwivhungu, crustaceans, echinoderms na detritus.

U phaḓaladziwa

Dzi ya wanala hoṱhe hune ha vha na vhuḓalo ha maḓi.

Zwigwada zwo ḓoweleyaho

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