Palinurus (crustacean)
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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.[1][2]
Species
This is a complete list of extant species:[3][4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| File:Monaco.Musée océanographique089.jpg | Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787) | common spiny lobster | eastern Atlantic Ocean, from southern Norway to Morocco and the Azores, and in the Mediterranean Sea |
| File:Cangrejos (Palinurus gilchristi), Aquarium de Ciudad del Cabo, Sudáfrica, 2018-07-19, DD 03.jpg | Palinurus gilchristi Stebbing, 1900 | southern spiny lobster | South Africa and Madagascar. |
| File:Palinurus mauritanicus 7.jpg | Palinurus mauritanicus Gruvel, 1911 | pink spiny lobster | eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Mediterranean Sea. |
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References
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