Flatback Lobster

Stereomastis sculpta

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Polychelidae

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).

Distribution

Flatback Lobster — (c) [Photo by L.E.A. Bezerra] Bezerra, L.E.A. & Ribeiro, F.B. (2015). Primitive decapods from the deep sea: first record of blind lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Polychelidae) in northeastern Brazil. Nauplius [online]. v. 23, n. 2 [Accessed 14 November 2021] , some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) [Photo by L.E.A. Bezerra] Bezerra, L.E.A. & Ribeiro, F.B. (2015). Primitive decapods from the deep sea: first record of blind lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Polychelidae) in northeastern Brazil. Nauplius [online]. v. 23, n. 2 [Accessed 14 November 2021] , some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionStereomastis sculpta, Wikipedia contributors

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