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The small European locust lobster is found throughout the Mediterranean Sea, and in eastern parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands as far north as the English Channel. This can take up to a year after which the larva moults into a “nisto” stage that lasts a few weeks. This species is thought to be the largest of the Scyllarides genus, and can grow to a maximum body length of 50. They can be found in warm seas, such as the Pacific Ocean, and live on the bottom of the seabed amongst substrate. They can grow to a total body length about 45 centimetres (18 in), although rarely more than 30 cm (12 in), and can weigh as much as 1.

The flathead lobster is found in the Indo-West Pacific area, from East Africa to China and southern Japan. These animals have huge economic importance in many areas, and slipper lobster meat can be very sought after.The sculptured mitten lobster is found along the western coast the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to northern Brazil, along the southern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, and in Hawaii and Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean. The blunt slipper lobster is found throughout the Indo-West Pacific region, from Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, West Australia), Japan, Hawaii, Melanesia, New Caledonia to East Africa. It is not commercially fished in large quantities and is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. The six segments of the abdomen each bear a pair of pleopods, while the thoracic appendages are either walking legs or maxillipeds.

It usually lives at depths of 5 to 70 metres (16 to 230 ft), but has been recorded from depths as great as 200 m (660 ft). The Aesop slipper lobster is targeted by fisheries and is caught frequently, but due to its wide distribution and occurrence in at least one protection area, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The Japanese fan lobster is found in the western Pacific Ocean from the Philippines to the Korean Peninsula and southern Japan. The Mediterranean slipper lobster is edible, but it is a relatively rare species, and is therefore of little interest to fisheries.This slipper lobster can grow to a length of up to 16 centimeters, with females being larger than males. Included are field characteristics that I find helpful for identification, most taken from Holthuis (link below).