Puerulus (crustacean)

Puerulus
	Puerulus mesodontus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Palinuridae
Genus:	Puerulus; Ortmann, 1897
Type species
	Panulirus angulatus; Bate, 1888
Species
	See text

Puerulus, commonly known as whip lobsters, is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae, native to the Indo-Pacific at depths of 200 to 700 meters.^[2]

Species

Puerulus angulatus Bate, 1888 (Holthuis 1991; Chan 2010) Banded whip lobster
Puerulus carinatus Borradaile, 1910 Red whip lobster
Puerulus gibbosus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013
Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013
Puerulus quadridentis Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013
Puerulus richeri Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013
Puerulus sericus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013
Puerulus sewelli Ramadan, 1938 Arabian whip lobster
Puerulus velutinus Holthuis, 1963 Velvet whip lobster

References

^ "Genus Puerulus", Marine Species Identification Portal, Accessed 3 April 2020. [1]
^ Wardiatno, Yusli et al. “First record of Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata, Palinuridae) from south of Java, Indonesia.” Biodiversity data journal ,4 e8069. 7 Mar. 2016, doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e8069

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[1] "Genus Puerulus", Marine Species Identification Portal, Accessed 3 April 2020. [1]

[2] Wardiatno, Yusli et al. “First record of Puerulus mesodontus Chan, Ma & Chu, 2013 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata, Palinuridae) from south of Java, Indonesia.” Biodiversity data journal ,4 e8069. 7 Mar. 2016, doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e8069