# Arctides

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{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Arctides antipodum.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Arctides antipodarum](/source/Arctides_antipodarum)''
| taxon = Arctides
| authority = [Holthuis](/source/Lipke_Holthuis), 1960&nbsp;<ref>{{ITIS |id=552993 |taxon=''Arctides'' Holthuis, 1960 |accessdate=December 5, 2010}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
*''[Arctides antipodarum](/source/Arctides_antipodarum)'' <small>Holthuis, 1960</small>
*''[Arctides guineensis](/source/Arctides_guineensis)'' <small>(Spengler, 1799)</small>
*''[Arctides regalis](/source/Arctides_regalis)'' <small>Holthuis, 1963</small>
}}

'''''Arctides''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [slipper lobster](/source/slipper_lobster)s, containing three species.<ref name="LBH">{{cite journal |author=[Lipke B. Holthuis](/source/Lipke_Holthuis) |year=2006 |title=Revision of the genus ''Arctides'' Holthuis, 1960 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae) |journal=[Zoosystema](/source/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](/source/Arctides_antipodarum)'', has a [carapace](/source/carapace) up to {{convert|100|mm}} long, and is found off south-eastern [Australia](/source/Australia) and parts of [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand). The other two species are smaller, at up to {{convert|70|mm}} carapace length; ''[A. guineensis](/source/Arctides_guineensis)'' is found in an area similar to the [Bermuda Triangle](/source/Bermuda_Triangle); ''[A. regalis](/source/Arctides_regalis)'' is widely distributed in the [Indo-Pacific](/source/Indo-Pacific), from the [Mascarene Islands](/source/Mascarene_Islands) to [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii) and [Easter Island](/source/Easter_Island).<ref name="LBH"/>

thumb|left|A regal slipper lobster (''Arctides regalis'') in Hawaii

==References==
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Category:Slipper lobsters
Category:Decapod genera

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