Slipper Lobster

Igama leentsapho eziqhelekileyo

I-slipper lobster

Igama lezesayensi

Scyllaridae

Ukulinganisa

Ukufika ku-50cm, isilinganiso se-25cm.

Ukukhangeleka

Enye yeentenkile eziphakanyisiweyo ezibukeka njengeefosholo. Umzimba odibeneyo njengama-lobster aqhelekileyo. Iimbini ezilanu zemilenze kwi-carapace (iifomati ezifakwe kwiifatta zivalela i-thorax). Ukufihla kakuhle kakhulu kunye nombala obomvu kunye ne-beige ephezulu. Abanye banemibala ebomvu, eluhlaza okanye emnyama kunye namabala.

Inkcazelo jikelele

Intsapho yeScyllaridae iqulethwe yimigangatho eyi-8 kunye neentlobo eziyi-71. Ihambelana ngokusondeleyo neenkolishi ze-Spiny ne-Coral. Izidalwa eziqinileyo. Zifungele ngokwabo kwisanti njengokhuseleko. Ifunyenwe kwiindawo ezihlambulukileyo zehlabathi. Abahlaziyi bePelagic.

Ukutya

Ukutya kwi-molluscs, i-crustaceans, iimbungu, i-echinoderms kunye ne-detritus.

Ukufumaneka

Ivela kuwo onke amalwandle ashushu kunye neendawo ezitshisayo zehlabathi.

Iindidi eziqhelekileyo

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