Palinurus (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Palinurus"


image_caption = "Palinurus argus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
class = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
infraordo = Achelata
familia = Palinuridae
genus = "Palinurus"
genus_authority = Weber, 1795
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "See text"
type_species = "Palinurus elephas" Fabricius, 1787

"Palinurus" is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae. 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. palaceosi" [cite news |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070503-oldest-lobster.html |publisher=National Geographic News |date=2007-05-03 |title=Oldest Lobster Fossil Found in Mexico |author=Victoria Jaggard]

pecies

This is a complete list of extant species [cite book |url=http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/lobsters.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=45 |title=FAO species catalogue Vol. 13: Marine lobsters of the world. |author=Lipke Holthuis |date=1991 |publisher=FAO] [ITIS|ID=97655 |taxon="Palinurus"] :
* "Palinurus barbarae" (Groeneveld, Griffiths & van Dalsen, 2006)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]
* Cape Verde spiny lobster, "Palinurus charlestoni" Forest and Postel, 1964
* Natal spiny lobster, "Palinurus delagoae" Barnard, 1926
* Common spiny lobster, "Palinurus elephas" (Fabricius, 1787)
* Southern spiny lobster, "Palinurus gilchristi" Stebbing, 1900
* Pink spiny lobster, "Palinurus mauritanicus" Gruvel, 1911

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