{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Arctides antipodum.jpg | image_caption = ''Arctides antipodarum'' | taxon = Arctides | authority = Holthuis, 1960 <ref>{{ITIS |id=552993 |taxon=''Arctides'' Holthuis, 1960 |accessdate=December 5, 2010}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''Arctides antipodarum'' <small>Holthuis, 1960</small> *''Arctides guineensis'' <small>(Spengler, 1799)</small> *''Arctides regalis'' <small>Holthuis, 1963</small> }}
'''''Arctides''''' is a genus of slipper lobsters, containing three species.<ref name="LBH">{{cite journal |author=Lipke B. Holthuis |year=2006 |title=Revision of the genus ''Arctides'' Holthuis, 1960 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae) |journal=Zoosystema |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=417–433 |url=http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/8139_z06n2a15.pdf}}</ref> The largest of these, ''A. antipodarum'', has a carapace up to {{convert|100|mm}} long, and is found off south-eastern Australia and parts of New Zealand. The other two species are smaller, at up to {{convert|70|mm}} carapace length; ''A. guineensis'' is found in an area similar to the Bermuda Triangle; ''A. regalis'' is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific, from the Mascarene Islands to Hawaii and Easter Island.<ref name="LBH"/>
thumb|left|A regal slipper lobster (''Arctides regalis'') in Hawaii
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Category:Slipper lobsters Category:Decapod genera
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