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Flatback Lobster
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Shrimps, prawns & lobsters

Flatback Lobster

Stereomastis sculpta (S.I.Smith, 1880)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishFlatback Lobster
Dutch—
SpanishLangosta espalda plana
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokrabu (general name for the group)
Scientific nameStereomastis sculpta (S.I.Smith, 1880)

About this species

Stereomastis sculpta is a species of "strange, blind crustacean" resembling a prawn or a squat lobster. It has a cosmopolitan distribution in deep water, being found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea, and across much of the Indo-West Pacific, at depths of 200–4,000 metres (660–13,120 ft).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyPolychelidae
GenusStereomastis