60 Species in Family Palinuridae
Nominal species list for Palinuridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Jasus caveorum Webber & Booth, 1995
Jasus edwardsii (Hutton, 1875) Red rock lobster
Jasus frontalis (Milne-Edwards, 1837) Juan fernandez rock lobster
Jasus lalandii (Milne-Edwards, 1837) Cape rock lobster
Jasus paulensis (Heller, 1862) St. Paul rock lobster
Justitia longimana (Milne-Edwards, 1837) West Indian furrow lobster
Justitia mauritiana (Miers, 1882) Gibbon furrow lobster
Linuparus somniosus Berry & George, 1972 African spear lobster
Linuparus sordidus Bruce, 1965 Oriental spear lobster
Linuparus trigonus (Von Siebold, 1824) Spear lobster
Nupalirus chani Poupin, 1994 Small furrow lobster
Nupalirus japonicus Kubo, 1955 Japanese furrow lobster
Nupalirus vericeli Poupin, 1994 Polynesian furrow lobster
Palibythus magnificus Davie, 1990 Musical furry lobster
Palinurellus gundlachi Von Martens, 1878 Caribbean furry lobster
Palinurellus wieneckii (De Man, 1881) Indo-Pacific furry lobster
Palinurus barbarae Groeneveld, Griffiths & Van Dalsen, 2006
Palinurus charlestoni Forest & Postel, 1964 Cape Verde spiny lobster
Palinurus delagoae Barnard, 1926 Natal spiny lobster
Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787) Common spiny lobster
Palinurus gichristi unspecified
Palinurus gilchristi Stebbing, 1900 Southern spiny lobster
Palinurus mauritanicus Gruvel, 1911 Pink spiny lobster
Palinustus holthuisi Chan & Yu, 1995
Palinustus mossambicus Barnard, 1926 Buffalo blunthorn lobster
Palinustus truncatus Milne-Edwards, 1880 American blunthorn lobster
Palinustus unicornutus Berry, 1979 Unicorn blunthorn lobster
Palinustus waguensis Kubo, 1963 Japanese blunthorn lobster
Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) Caribbean spiny lobster
Panulirus brunneiflagellum Sekiguchi & George, 2005
Panulirus cygnus George, 1962 Australian spiny lobster
Panulirus echinatus Smith, 1869 Brown spiny lobster
Panulirus femoristriga Von Martens, 1872 Stripe-leg spiny lobster
Panulirus gracilis Streets, 1871 Green spiny lobster
Panulirus guttatus (Latreille, 1804) Spotted spiny lobster
Panulirus homarus (Linnaeus, 1758) Scalloped spiny lobster
Panulirus inflatus (Bouvier, 1895) Blue spiny lobster
Panulirus interruptus (Randall, 1840) Mexican spiny loster
Panulirus japonicus (Von Siebold, 1824) Japanese spiny lobster
Panulirus laevicauda (Latreille, 1817) Smoothtail spiny lobster
Panulirus longipes (Milne-Edwards, 1868) Longlegged spiny lobster
Panulirus marginatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Banded spiny lobster
Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius, 1798) Ornate spiny lobster
Panulirus pascuensis Reed, 1954 Easter Island spiny lobster
Panulirus penicillatus (Olivier, 1791) Pronghorn spiny lobster
Panulirus polyphagus (Herbst, 1793) Mud spiny lobster
Panulirus regius De Brito Capello, 1864 Royal spiny lobster
Panulirus stimpsoni Holthuis, 1963 Chinese spiny lobster
Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804) Painted spiny lobster
Projasus bahamondei Geroge, 1976 Chilean jagged lobster
Projasus parkeri (Stebbing, 1902) Cape jagged lobster
Puerulus angulatus (Bate, 1888) Banded whip lobster
Puerulus carinatus Barradaile, 1910 Red whip lobster
Puerulus gibbosus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013
Puerulus mesodontus 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
Sagmariasus verreauxi (Milne-Edwards, 1851) Green rock lobster
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