Furry lobster explained

Furry lobsters (sometimes called coral lobsters) are small decapod crustaceans, closely related to the slipper lobsters and spiny lobsters.[1] The antennae are not as enlarged as in spiny and slipper lobsters, and the body is covered in short hairs, hence the name furry lobster. Although previously considered a family in their own right (Synaxidae Spence Bate, 1881), the furry lobsters were subsumed into the family Palinuridae in 1990.[2] Subsequent molecular phylogenetics studies have confirmed that the furry lobsters genera don't form a natural group and were both nested among the spiny lobster genera in family Palinuridae.[1] The family now includes the two furry lobster genera and ten spiny lobster genera.[3]

Taxonomy

There are two genera, with three species between them:

Notes and References

  1. Ferran Palero . Keith A. Crandall. Keith A. Crandall. Pere Abelló . Enrique Macpherson . Marta Pascual . 2009 . . 50 . 1 . 152–162 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.003 . Phylogenetic relationships between spiny, slipper and coral lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata) . 18957325.
  2. Book: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea . Joel W. Martin . George E. Davis . 2001 . 1–132 . . 2010-06-04 . 2013-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512091254/http://atiniui.nhm.org/pdfs/3839/3839.pdf . dead .
  3. Palinuridae . 106794 . 24 February 2024.