Tags: Crustacean.
Scyllarides latus the Mediterranean slipper lobster is a species of slipper lobster found in the Mediterranean Sea and in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is edible and highly regarded as food but is now rare over much of its range due to overfishing. Adults may grow to 1 foot (30 cm) long are camouflaged and have no claws. They are nocturnal emerging from caves and other shelters during the night to feed on molluscs. As well as being eaten by humans S.