Palinurus Temporal range: Albian–Recent |
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Palinurus elephas | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Achelata |
Family: | Palinuridae |
Genus: |
Palinurus Weber, 1795 |
Type species | |
Astacus elephas Fabricius, 1787 |
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Species | |
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Palinurus is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae. A 110-million-year-old fossil, recognisable as a member of the genus Palinurus, was discovered in a quarry in El Espinal in Mexico's Chiapas state in 1995 and named P. palaciosi.
This is a complete list of extant species: