Linuparus

Linuparus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Recent
Linuparus trigonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Achelata
Family: Palinuridae
Genus: Linuparus
White, 1847

Linuparus is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae. It contains four extant species, and 32 fossil species, ranging from the Early Cretaceous to the Oligocene.[1] L. trigonus is the only extant species also known from the fossil record.[1]

Extant species

  • Linuparus meridionalis Tsoi, Chan & Chu, 2011
  • Linuparus somniosus Berry & George, 1972
  • Linuparus sordidus Bruce, 1965
  • Linuparus trigonus (von Siebold, 1824)

Extinct species

  • Linpuarus adkinsi Rathbun, 1935
  • Linpuarus africanus Glaessner, 1932
  • Linpuarus bererensis Secretan, 1964
  • Linpuarus bigranulatus Glaessner, 1930
  • Linpuarus canadensis (Whiteaves, 1885)
  • Linpuarus carteri (Reed, 1911)
  • Linpuarus dentatus Van Straelen, 1936
  • Linpuarus duelmenensis (Geinitz, 1849–50)
  • Linpuarus dzheirantuiensis Feldmann et al., 2007
  • Linpuarus eocenicus Woods, 1925
  • Linpuarus euthymei (Roman & Mazeran 1920)
  • Linpuarus grimmeri Stenzel, 1945
  • Linpuarus hantscheli Mertin, 1941
  • Linpuarus japonicus Nagao, 1931
  • Linpuarus kleinfelderi Rathbun, 1931
  • Linpuarus korura Feldmann & Bearlin, 1988
  • Linpuarus laevicephalus Mertin, 1941
  • Linpuarus macellarii Feldmann & Tshudy, 1988
  • Linpuarus petkovici Benchmayer & Markovic, 1955
  • Linpuarus pustulosus Feldmann et al., 1977
  • Linpuarus richardsi Roberts, 1962
  • Linpuarus schluteri (Tribolet, 1874)
  • Linpuarus scyllariformis (Bell, 1858)
  • Linpuarus spinosus Collins & Rasmussen, 1992
  • Linpuarus stolleyi (Haas, 1889)
  • Linpuarus straili (Forir, 1887)
  • Linpuarus tarrantensis Davidson, 1963
  • Linpuarus texanus Rathbun, 1935
  • Linpuarus vancouverensis (Whiteaves, 1895)
  • Linpuarus watkinsi Stenzel, 1945
  • Linpuarus wilcoxensis Rathbun, 1935

References

External identifiers for Linuparus
Encyclopedia of Life 13840
ITIS 552948
NCBI 198217
WoRMS 204774
Also found in: Wikispecies
  1. 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.


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