Palinurus barbarae

Taxobox | name = "Palinurus barbarae"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
familia = Palinuridae
genus = "Palinurus"
species = "P. barbarae"
binomial = "Palinurus barbarae"
binomial_authority = Groeneveld, Griffiths & van Dalsen, 2006

"Palinurus barbarae" is a species of spiny lobster described in 2006, which was found by fisherman working the waters above the Walters Shoals, a series of submerged mountains 700 km south of Madagascar.cite web |url=http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2006/october/lobster.htm |title=New giant lobster species from the Madagascar Ridge |publisher=Science in Africa] cite news |url=http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=143&art_id=vn20060911124033180C132628 |title=Scientists find new giant lobster species |author=John Yeld |date=2006-09-11 |publisher=Cape Argus |page=3] The lobster weighs 4 kg and reaches up to 40 cm long excluding the long antennae, and is similar to "P. delagoae", found off South Africa, from which it may be differentiated by a number of characters including the larger number of spines. [cite journal |quotes=no |title=A new species of spiny lobster, "Palinurus barbarae" (Decapoda, Palinuridae) from Walters Shoals on the Madagascar Ridge |journal=Crustaceana |volume=79 |issue=7 |year=2006 |pages=821–833 |author=Groeneveld, J. C., C. L. Griffiths & A. P. van Dalsen |doi=10.1163/156854006778008177] There are fears that the species, which lives in an area outside any country's jurisdiction may now be exploited or that it has already been brought near to extinction by overfishing.

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