Linuparus
Encyclopedia
Linuparus is a genus
of spiny lobster
s in the family
Palinuridae. It contains four extant species, 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.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of spiny lobster
Spiny lobster
Spiny lobsters, also known as langouste or rock lobsters, are a family of about 45 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Palinuridae. It contains four extant species, and 32 fossil species, ranging from the Early Cretaceous
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous or the Lower Cretaceous , is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous...
to the Oligocene
Oligocene
The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present . As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are slightly...
. L. trigonus is the only extant species also known from the fossil record.
Extant species
- Linuparus meridionalisLinuparus meridionalisLinuparus meridionalis is a species of spiny lobster in the genus Linuparus. It lives on the sea floor around Australia, New Caledonia and parts of Indonesia, at depths of...
Tsoi, Cham & 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