Linuparus

Linuparus
Temporal range: Aptian–Recent
Linuparus trigonus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Palinuridae
Genus: Linuparus
White, 1847
Type species
Palinurus trigonus
von Siebold, 1824

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. L. trigonus is the only extant species also known from the fossil record.

Extant species

Extinct species

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. 1 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.