Species list, Checklist of Subfamily Scyllarinae for Brazil (Northern South America)

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Checklist for Subfamily Scyllarinae Latreille, 1825
and region Brazil (Northern South America)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	306 1110 2373	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	304 1107 2372	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	122 496 1310	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	120 490 1294	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	111 447 1177	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Palinura Scholtz & Richter, 1995	3 11 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Palinuroidea Latreille, 1802	2 9 23	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 Shovel-nosed lobsters, Slipper lobster, Slipper lobsters	5 11	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Scyllarinae Latreille, 1825	2 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Brazil
2 Genera with 6 Species

Bathyarctus Holthuis, 1997		1	Species	Taxom
Scyllarus Fabricius, 1960		5	Species	Taxom

Species list for Brazil
6 Species

Bathyarctus ramosae Tavares, 1997
Scyllarus aequinoctialis (Lund, 1793)	⇒ Scyllarides aequinoctialis Lund, 1793
Scyllarus americanus Smith, 1869	American slipper lobster
Scyllarus chacei Holthuis, 1960	Chace slipper lobster
Scyllarus depressus Smith, 1881	Scaled slipper lobster
Scyllarus nearctus (Holthuis, 1960)	⇒ Scyllarus depressus Smith, 1881

Links, sources and further information

Scyllarinae at biodiversity.org.au
Scyllarinae at itis.gov
Scyllarinae at marinespecies.org