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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palinuridae spiny lobsters

Genus: Puerulus

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8 species (see list below)
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Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 21 cm BL
Puerulus angulatus(Bate, 1888)

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Puerulus angulatus
[Banded whip lobster]
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Max. Length 20 cm BL
 
Puerulus carinatus
[Red whip lobster]
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Puerulus gibbosus
[]
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Puerulus mesodontus
[]
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Puerulus richeri
[]
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Puerulus sericus
[]
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Max. Length 20 cm BL
 
Puerulus sewelli
[Arabian whip lobster]
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Max. Length 19 cm TL
 
Puerulus velutinus
[Velvet whip lobster]


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