Distribution of slipper lobsters (Decapoda: Scyllaridae) in Uruguayan waters

Abstract

Abstract Scyllarid lobsters are commonly found in tropical waters with scarce records from temperate zones in the southwestern Atlantic. Here, we provide new information about the distribution of Scyllarides deceptor Holthuis, 1963 along the Uruguayan continental shelf and include a new austral record for Scyllarus depressus (Smith, 1881).

Keywords

• Scyllarides deceptor
• Scyllarus depressus
• continental shelf
• temperate waters
• south Atlantic