Biology:Palinurus (genus)
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Short description: Genus of crustaceans
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| Palinurus elephas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Palinuridae |
| Genus: | Palinurus Weber, 1795 |
| Type species | |
| Astacus elephas Fabricius, 1787 [1]
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Palinurus is a genus of spiny 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 Espinal in Mexico's Chiapas state in 1995 and named P. palaciosi.[2][3]
Species
This is a complete list of extant species:[1][4]
- Palinurus barbarae Groeneveld, Griffiths & van Dalsen, 2006[5]
- Palinurus charlestoni Forest & Postel, 1964 – Cape Verde spiny lobster
- Palinurus delagoae Barnard, 1926 – Natal spiny lobster
- Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787) – common spiny lobster
- Palinurus gilchristi Stebbing, 1900 – southern spiny lobster
- Palinurus mauritanicus Gruvel, 1911 – pink spiny lobster
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lipke Holthuis (1991). FAO species catalogue Vol. 13: Marine lobsters of the world.. FAO. http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/lobsters.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=45.
- ↑ Victoria Jaggard (May 3, 2007). "Oldest Lobster Fossil Found in Mexico". National Geographic News. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070503-oldest-lobster.html.
- ↑ Francisco J. Vega; Pedro García-Barrera; María del Carmen Perrilliat; Marco A. Coutiño; Ricardo Mariño-Pérez (2006). "El Espinal, a new plattenkalk facies locality from the Lower Cretaceous Sierra Madre Formation, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico". Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 23 (3): 323–333. http://www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/rmcg/v23n3/v23n3a7.pdf.
- ↑ "Palinurus Weber, 1795". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=97655. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
- ↑ John Yeld (September 11, 2006). "Scientists find new giant lobster species". Cape Argus. p. 3. http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=143&art_id=vn20060911124033180C132628.
Wikidata ☰ Q2736968 entry
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