Panulirus cygnus
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Achelata |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Palinuridae
Genus: Panulirus
Species: Panulirus cygnus
Name
[edit]Panulirus cygnus George, 1962
Type locality: "Radar Reef, Rottnest Island, Western Australia (32°00'S 115°30'E), in reef pool at depth of 1 metre".
Holotype: male in WAM, no. 90-62.
References
[edit]- George, R.W. & L.B. Holthuis 1965: A revision of the Indo-West Pacific spiny lobsters of the Panulirus japonicus group. Zoölogische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 72: 1–36, text fig.1, pls 1-5
- George, R.W. 1962: Description of Palinurus cygnus sp. nov., the Commercial Crayfish (or Spiny Lobster) of Western Australia. Journal Royal Society Western Australia, 45 (4): 100–110, figs 1-4, pls 1, 2.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Australian spiny lobster