Mediterranean locust lobster

Order Decapoda

Family Scyllaridae

Marine crustacean with a robust body, hard and rough, covered with numerous granulations, with the quadrangular shell. Antenas crushed, in the form of a pallet, with the front edge smooth. Five pairs of legs without pincers. The first four abdominal segments with a central crestal bulge. Color reddish brown on the back and yellowish on the abdominal region. The antennae and the legs have bluish and violet tones. The first abdominal segment presents three dark spots, surrounded in part by a yellowish halo. Up to 45 cm in length.

Characteristics

FAO code
YLL

Specie
Scyllarides latus

Type
Crustaceans

FAO Fishing Areas

Area 27: the Northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 34: the Eastern Central part of the Atlantic Ocean
Area 37: the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea

Fishing seasons

feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec

International denominations

Germany Grosser Bärenkrebs

China 宽体拟蝉虾

France Grande cigale

Italy Cigala o Magnosa

Portugal Cavaco

United Kingdom Mediterranean locust lobster

Japan Semiebi-zoku

Fishing areas

Fishing arts

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