Mosaic Locust Lobster
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
Scyllarus cultrifer is occasionally found in tide pools.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Mosaic Locust Lobster
- Scientific name
- Chelarctus cultrifer
- Japanese name
- ヒメセミエビ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Scyllaridae
- Genus
- Chelarctus
It lives in the western Pacific and usually hides in the shade of rocks during the day.
Basic data
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Range
- Western Pacific Ocean
Where the Mosaic Locust Lobster has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ヒメセミエビ
- 简体中文
- 刀指螯蝉虾
- 繁體中文
- 刀指螯蟬蝦
- 한국어
- 예쁜매미새우
- Italiano
- Magnosella mosaico
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ヒメセミエビChecked: 2026-11-04
- 八丈植物公園・八丈ビジターセンター — ヒメセミエビChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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