Puerulus
Puerulus mesodontus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Palinuridae
Genus: Puerulus
Ortmann, 1897
Type species
Panulirus angulatus
Bate, 1888[1]
Species

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Puerulus, commonly known as whip lobsters, is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae, native to the Indo-Pacific at depths of 200 to 700 meters.[2]

Species

  • Puerulus angulatus Bate, 1888 (Holthuis 1991; Chan 2010) Banded whip lobster
  • Puerulus carinatus Borradaile, 1910 Red whip lobster
  • Puerulus gibbosus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013
  • Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013
  • Puerulus quadridentis Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013
  • Puerulus richeri Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013
  • Puerulus sericus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013
  • Puerulus sewelli Ramadan, 1938 Arabian whip lobster
  • Puerulus velutinus Holthuis, 1963 Velvet whip lobster

References

  1. ↑ "Genus Puerulus", Marine Species Identification Portal, Accessed 3 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Wardiatno, Yusli et al. “First record of Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata, Palinuridae) from south of Java, Indonesia.” Biodiversity data journal ,4 e8069. 7 Mar. 2016, doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e8069

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