Palinurus (crustacean)
''Palinurus'' is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family (biology), 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, Chiapas, El Espinal in Mexico, Mexico's Chiapas state in 1995 and named ''P. palaciosi''. Species This is a complete list of Extant taxon, extant species: References

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Palinurus Elephas
''Palinurus elephas'' is a commonly caught species of spiny lobster from the East Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Its common names include European spiny lobster, crayfish or cray (in Ireland), crawfish (in England), common spiny lobster, Mediterranean lobster and Red lobster (other), red lobster. Distribution and habitat ''Palinurus elephas'' is a common species of spiny lobster, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from southern Norway to Morocco and the Azores, and in the Mediterranean Sea, except its eastern extremes. It lives on rocky exposed coasts below the intertidal zone, mainly at depths of . It is named after the ancient Roman Tyrrhenian sea port of Palinurus (modern day Palinuro, Campania, Italy) where they are found in abundance off its promontory. Description ''P. elephas'' may reach up to long, although rarely longer than , and usually . Few achieve their maximum weight of several kilograms. The adults are reddish-brown with yellow spots. The ...
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