Tags: Crustacean.

Ibacus peronii the Balmain bug or butterfly fan lobster is a species of slipper lobster. It lives in shallow waters around Australia and is the subject of small-scale fishery. It is a flattened reddish brown animal up to 23 cm (9 in) long and 14 cm (6 in) wide with flattened antennae and no claws.

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binomial authority
William Elford Leach
class
Malacostraca
conservation status
LC
conservation status system
iucn3.1
family
Slipper lobster
genus
Ibacus
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean

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