Panulirus argus

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Achelata 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Achelata

Familia: Palinuridae
Genus: Panulirus
Species: Panulirus argus

Name

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Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804)

Type locality: "l'Océan du Bresil".

Holotype: MP: 3 possible syntypes from "Antilles", nos. Pa. 438, 439, 442 dry, in tolerable condition.

Synonyms

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References

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  • Latreille, P.A. 1804: Des langoustes du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Annales Muséum Histoire naturelle Paris, 3: 388–395.
  • Williams, A.B. 1986: Lobsters - Identification, world distribution, and U.S. trade. Marine Fisheries Review, 48 (2): 1–36, figs 1-80.

Vernacular names

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English: West Indian Spiny Lobster