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Linuparus
Sign in to saveLinuparus, the spear lobsters, is a genus of medium-sized to large spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae. It contains four extant species found at depths of in the Indo-Pacific, 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyPalinuridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 811
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Palinuridae
- Collections
- YPM, AMNH, SDSM
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Parent taxon
- Palinuridae
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Linuparus, the spear lobsters, is a genus of medium-sized to large spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae. It contains four extant species found at depths of in the Indo-Pacific, 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.
==Extant species== Linuparus meridionalis Tsoi, Chan & Chu, 2011 Linuparus somniosus Berry & George, 1972 Linuparus sordidus Bruce, 1965 Linuparus trigonus (von Siebold, 1824)
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