Puerulus (crustacean) explained

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.^[1]

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

Notes and References

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