Scyllarides elisabethae (Ortmann, 1894)
Cape slipper lobster
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Family:  Scyllaridae (slipper lobsters)
Max. size:  20 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthic; marine; depth range 37 - 380 m
Distribution:  Indo-West Pacific and Southeast Atlantic: Mozambique and South Africa.
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Biology:  It has lengths of 20 cm, maximum total body length; 9 cm, carapace length (Ref. 4). Occurs at a depth range from 37 to 380 m (mostly less than 100 m) on a substrate of fine sediments, mud or fine sand. The animals seem to dig into the mud (Ref. 4).
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 03 December 2009 Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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