Linuparus

Linuparus, the spear lobsters, is a genus of medium-sized to large spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae. It contains four extant species found at depths of 30–500 m (100–1,640 ft) in the Indo-Pacific, and 32 fossil species, ranging from the Early Cretaceous to the Oligocene.^[2] L. trigonus is the only extant species also known from the fossil record.^[2]

Linuparus Temporal range: Aptian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Linuparus trigonus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Palinuridae
Genus:	Linuparus White, 1847
Type species
Palinurus trigonus von Siebold, 1824

Extant species

• Linuparus meridionalis Tsoi, Chan & Chu, 2011
• Linuparus somniosus Berry & George, 1972
• Linuparus sordidus Bruce, 1965
• Linuparus trigonus (von Siebold, 1824)

Extinct species

• Linpuarus adkinsi Rathbun, 1935
• Linpuarus africanus Glaessner, 1932
• Linpuarus bererensis Secretan, 1964
• Linpuarus bigranulatus Glaessner, 1930
• Linpuarus canadensis (Whiteaves, 1885)
• Linpuarus carteri (Reed, 1911)
• Linpuarus dentatus Van Straelen, 1936
• Linpuarus duelmenensis (Geinitz, 1849–50)
• Linpuarus dzheirantuiensis Feldmann et al., 2007
• Linpuarus eocenicus Woods, 1925
• Linpuarus euthymei (Roman & Mazeran 1920)
• Linpuarus grimmeri Stenzel, 1945
• Linpuarus hantscheli Mertin, 1941
• Linpuarus japonicus Nagao, 1931
• Linpuarus kleinfelderi Rathbun, 1931
• Linpuarus korura Feldmann & Bearlin, 1988
• Linpuarus laevicephalus Mertin, 1941
• Linpuarus macellarii Feldmann & Tshudy, 1988
• Linpuarus petkovici Benchmayer & Markovic, 1955
• Linpuarus pustulosus Feldmann et al., 1977
• Linpuarus richardsi Roberts, 1962
• Linpuarus schluteri (Tribolet, 1874)
• Linpuarus scyllariformis (Bell, 1858)
• Linpuarus spinosus Collins & Rasmussen, 1992
• Linpuarus stolleyi (Haas, 1889)
• Linpuarus straili (Forir, 1887)
• Linpuarus tarrantensis Davidson, 1963
• Linpuarus texanus Rathbun, 1935
• Linpuarus vancouverensis (Whiteaves, 1895)
• Linpuarus watkinsi Stenzel, 1945
• Linpuarus wilcoxensis Rathbun, 1935

References

1. Garassino, Artal, Pasini. "New records of decapod macrurans from the Cretaceous of Catalonia and the Province of Castellon (Spain)". Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum.
2. Kwok Ho Tsoi, Tin-Yam Chan & Ka Hou Chu (2011). "Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of the spear lobsters Linuparus (Decapoda: Palinuridae), with the description of a new species". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 250 (4): 302–315. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2011.04.007.