Puerulus (crustacean)
Genus of crustaceans
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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]
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| Puerulus | |
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| Puerulus mesodontus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Palinuridae |
| Genus: | Puerulus Ortmann, 1897 |
| Type species | |
| Panulirus angulatus | |
| Species | |
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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
