Striated Locust Lobster
Eduarctus martensii
Category: Crabs & Lobsters
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Scyllaridae
- Genus
- Eduarctus
Where to Find
Found in 17 diving areas across 12 countries and 5 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 2 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 18 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 105 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 6 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 4 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 20 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 6 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 2 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Koh Rong Archipelago, Cambodia - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 7 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 4 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 5 records