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Spiny Lobster
Spiny lobsters, also known as langustas, langouste, or rock lobsters, are a family (Palinuridae) of about 60 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also, especially in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and The Bahamas, called crayfish, sea crayfish, or crawfish ("kreef" in South Africa), terms which elsewhere are reserved for freshwater crayfish. Classification The furry lobsters (''e.g.'' ''Palinurellus'') were previously separated into a family of their own, the Synaxidae, but are usually considered members of the Palinuridae. The slipper lobsters (Scyllaridae) are their next-closest relatives, and these two or three families make up the Achelata. Genera of spiny lobsters include ''Palinurus'' and a number of anagrams thereof: ''Panulirus'', ''Linuparus'', ''etc.'' (Palinurus was a helmsman in Virgil's ''Æneid''.) In total, 12 extant genera are recognised, containing around 60 living species: *''Jasus'' Parker, 1883 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panulirus Interruptus
The California spiny lobster (''Panulirus interruptus'') is a species of spiny lobster found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Monterey Bay, California, to the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico. It typically grows to a length of and is a reddish-brown color with stripes along the legs, and has a pair of enlarged antennae but no claws. The interrupted grooves across the tail are characteristic for the species. Females can carry up to 680,000 eggs, which hatch after 10 weeks into flat ''phyllosoma'' larvae. These feed on plankton before the metamorphosis into the juvenile state. Adults are nocturnal and migratory, living among rocks at depths of up to , and feeding on sea urchins, clams, mussels and worms. The spiny lobster is eaten by various fish, octopuses and sea otters, but can defend itself with a loud noise produced by its antennae. The California spiny lobster is the subject of both commercial and recreational fishery in both Mexico and the United States, with sport fish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasus
''Jasus'' is a genus of spiny lobsters which live in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere. They have two distinct "horns" projecting from the front of the carapace, but lack the stridulating organs present in almost all other genera of spiny lobsters. Like all spiny lobsters, they lack claws, and have long stout antennae which are quite flexible. The generic name ''Jasus'' is derived from the Ancient Greek town of Iasos (on the Mediterranean Sea, located in modern Turkey), which was famous for its prawns and stamped them on some of its coins. Species The following species are included in the genus ''Jasus'': Another species, formerly known as "''Jasus verreauxi''" is found around New Zealand (especially the North Island), the Chatham Islands, and around Australia (Queensland to Victoria and Tasmania); it is now placed in the genus ''Sagmariasus''. Fossils *'' Jasus jlemingi'' Glaessner, 1960 - a Miocene fossil from New Zealand Fisheries Most of the extant species a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lobster
Lobsters are a family (biology), family (Nephropidae, Synonym (taxonomy), synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs have claws, including the first pair, which are usually much larger than the others. Highly prized as seafood, lobsters are economically important and are often one of the most profitable commodities in coastal areas they populate. Commercially important species include two species of ''Homarus'' from the northern Atlantic Ocean and scampi (which look more like a shrimp, or a "mini lobster")—the Northern Hemisphere genus ''Nephrops'' and the Southern Hemisphere genus ''Metanephrops''. Distinction Although several other groups of crustaceans have the word "lobster" in their names, the unqualified term "lobster" generally refers to the clawed lobsters of the family Nephropidae. Clawed lobsters are not closely related to spiny lobsters o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasus Edwardsii
''Jasus edwardsii'', the southern rock lobster, red rock lobster, or spiny rock lobster, is a species of spiny lobster found throughout coastal waters of southern Australia and New Zealand including the Chatham Islands. It is commonly called ''crayfish'' in Australia and New Zealand and ' in Māori language, Māori. They resemble lobsters, but lack the large characteristic pincers on the first pair of walking legs. Spiny rock lobsters are carnivorous, leaving their rock cover to venture out to feed during the night. They live in and around reefs at depths ranging from deep at the continental shelf. They can be dark red and orange above with paler yellowish abdomens or grey-green brown with the paler underside. The more tropical animals tend to have the brighter colours. Adult carapaces can grow up to in length and can often exceed in underfished areas. Distribution ''Jasus edwardsii'' is found around most of the coast of New Zealand, including the three main islands, the Thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sagmariasus
''Sagmariasus verreauxi'' is a species of spiny lobster that lives around northern New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands the Chatham Islands and Australia from Queensland to Tasmania. It is probably the longest decapod crustacean in the world, alongside the American lobster ''Homarus americanus'', growing to lengths of up to . Names The species has many common names in English, including ''Australian crayfish'', ''common crayfish'', ''common Sydney crayfish'', ''eastern crayfish'', ''eastern rock lobster'', ''green cray'', ''green crayfish'', ''green lobster'', ''green rock lobster'', ''marine crayfish'', ''New South Wales spiny lobster'', ''packhorse crayfish'', ''packhorse lobster'', ''sea crayfish'', ''smooth-tailed crayfish'' and ''Sydney crayfish''. In Māori, it is called '. ''S. verreauxi'' was formerly included in the genus ''Jasus'', but has been separated into a monotypic genus ''Sagmariasus'' due to the lack of sculpturation on the abdomen, which is found in all other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerulus (crustacean)
''Puerulus'', commonly known as whip lobsters, is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae, native to the Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ... at depths of 200 to 700 meters.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 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 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panulirus
''Panulirus'' is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae Spiny lobsters, also known as langustas, langouste, or rock lobsters, are a family (Palinuridae) of about 60 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also, especially in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, So ..., including those species which have long flagella on their first antennae. Species It contains the following species: References External links * Achelata Taxa named by Adam White (zoologist) Decapod genera {{decapod-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palinurus (crustacean)
''Palinurus'' is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae, native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and western Indian Ocean. 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. palaciosi''. Species This is a complete list of extant species Neontology is a part of biology that, in contrast to paleontology, deals with living (or, more generally, ''recent'') organisms. It is the study of extant taxa (singular: extant taxon): taxa (such as species, genera and families) with members st ...: References Achelata Extant Albian first appearances Decapod genera {{Decapod-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palinurellus
Furry lobsters (sometimes called coral lobsters) are small decapod crustaceans, closely related to the slipper lobsters and spiny lobsters. The antennae are not as enlarged as in spiny and slipper lobsters, and the body is covered in short hairs, hence the name furry lobster. Although previously considered a family in their own right (Synaxidae Spence Bate, 1881), the furry lobsters were subsumed into the family Palinuridae in 1990,. Subsequent molecular phylogenetics studies have confirmed that the furry lobsters genera don't form a natural group and were both nested among the spiny lobster genera in family Palinuridae. The family now includes the two furry lobster genera and ten spiny lobster genera. Taxonomy There are two genera, with three species between them: *''Palinurellus gundlachi'' Von Martens, 1878 – Caribbean furry lobster, found in the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic coast of South America; named for Juan Gundlach *''Palinurellus wieneckii'' ( De Man, 1881) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palibythus
''Palibythus magnificus'', sometimes called the musical furry lobster, is a species of furry lobster found in Polynesia. It is generally included in the family Palinuridae, although it has also been separated from that family with the genus ''Palinurellus'' to form the family Synaxidae in the past. Online version''Palibythus magnificus'' The species is known in Samoan as ', a name which also covers the deep-water shrimp ''Heterocarpus laevigatus''. Distribution ''Palibythus'' is only known to occur around Samoa and the Tuamotu Archipelago. It lives at greater depth than ''Palinurellus'' – from – and is slightly larger, at up to in length. All the specimens held in natural history museums stem from the waters of Samoa, with only photos so far known of an animal from the Tuamotu Archipelago that is "almost definitely this species". Sound Like other spiny lobsters (with the exception of the genera ''Jasus'' and '' Projasus''), ''Palibythus'' is capable of making a loud scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
