Panulirus argus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Achelata
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Familia: Palinuridae
Genus: Panulirus
Species: Panulirus argus

Name

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

• Palinurus argus Latreille, 1804
• Palinurus ricordi Guérin-Méneville, 1836
• Palinurus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
• Palinurus (Senex) argus Pfeffer, 1881

References

• 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

English: West Indian Spiny Lobster