Puerulus, commonly known as whip lobsters, is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae, native to the Indo-Pacific at depths of 200 to 700 meters.[2]
| Puerulus | |
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| Puerulus mesodontus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Palinuridae |
| Genus: | Puerulus Ortmann, 1897 |
| Type species | |
| Panulirus angulatus | |
| Species | |
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Species
edit- 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
- Puerulus sericus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013
- Puerulus sewelli Ramadan, 1938 Arabian whip lobster
- Puerulus velutinus Holthuis, 1963 Velvet whip lobster
References
edit- ^ "Genus Puerulus", Marine Species Identification Portal, Accessed 3 April 2020. [1]
- ^ 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
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