Remove ads
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]
| Palinurus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 | |
|
See text | |
This is a complete list of extant species:[1][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 | ||
| Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787) | common spiny lobster | eastern Atlantic Ocean, from southern Norway to Morocco and the Azores, and in the Mediterranean Sea |
,_Aquarium_de_Ciudad_del_Cabo,_Sudáfrica,_2018-07-19,_DD_03.jpg) | 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. |
Remove ads
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Remove ads