Linuparus


Linuparus, the spear lobsters, is a genus of medium-sized to large spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae. It contains four extant species found at depths of in the Indo-Pacific, and 32 fossil species, ranging from the Early Cretaceous to the Oligocene. L. trigonus is the only extant species also known from the fossil record.

Extant species

Extinct species

  • Linpuarus adkinsi Rathbun, 1935
  • Linpuarus africanus Glaessner, 1932
  • Linpuarus bererensis Secretan, 1964
  • Linpuarus bigranulatus Glaessner, 1930
  • Linpuarus canadensis
  • Linpuarus carteri
  • Linpuarus dentatus Van Straelen, 1936
  • Linpuarus duelmenensis
  • Linpuarus dzheirantuiensis Feldmann et al., 2007
  • Linpuarus eocenicus Woods, 1925
  • Linpuarus euthymei
  • Linpuarus grimmeri Stenzel, 1945
  • Linpuarus hantscheli Mertin, 1941
  • Linpuarus japonicus Nagao, 1931
  • Linpuarus kleinfelderi Rathbun, 1931
  • Linpuarus korura Feldmann & Bearlin, 1988
  • Linpuarus laevicephalus Mertin, 1941
  • Linpuarus macellarii Feldmann & Tshudy, 1988
  • Linpuarus petkovici Benchmayer & Markovic, 1955
  • Linpuarus pustulosus Feldmann et al., 1977
  • Linpuarus richardsi Roberts, 1962
  • Linpuarus schluteri
  • Linpuarus scyllariformis
  • Linpuarus spinosus Collins & Rasmussen, 1992
  • Linpuarus stolleyi
  • Linpuarus straili
  • Linpuarus tarrantensis Davidson, 1963
  • Linpuarus texanus Rathbun, 1935
  • Linpuarus vancouverensis
  • Linpuarus watkinsi Stenzel, 1945
  • Linpuarus wilcoxensis Rathbun, 1935