Palinurus
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Palinurus elephas | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Palinuridae |
Genus: | Palinurus Weber, 1795 |
Type species | |
Astacus elephas | |
Species | |
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Palinurus is a genusofspiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae, native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and western Indian Ocean. A 110-million-year-old fossil, recognisable as a member of the genus Palinurus, was discovered in a quarry in El EspinalinMexico's Chiapas state in 1995 and named P. palaciosi.[2][3]
This is a complete list of extant species:[1][4]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Palinurus barbarae Groeneveld, Griffiths & van Dalsen, 2006[5] | south of Madagascar | ||
Palinurus charlestoni Forest & Postel, 1964 | Cape Verde spiny lobster | Cape Verde | |
Palinurus delagoae Barnard, 1926 | Natal spiny lobster | ||
Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787) | common spiny lobster | eastern Atlantic Ocean, from southern Norway to Morocco and the Azores, and in the Mediterranean Sea | |
Palinurus gilchristi Stebbing, 1900 | southern spiny lobster | South Africa and Madagascar. | |
Palinurus mauritanicus Gruvel, 1911 | pink spiny lobster | eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Mediterranean Sea. |
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