Linuparus

{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Aptian|Recent}}<ref>{{Cite journal|vauthors=Garassino, Artal, Pasini|title=New records of decapod macrurans from the Cretaceous of Catalonia and the Province of Castellon (Spain)|journal=Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum}}</ref> | image = Linuparus trigonus (museum).jpg | image_caption = ''Linuparus trigonus'' | taxon = Linuparus | authority = White, 1847 | type_species = ''Palinurus trigonus'' | type_species_authority = von Siebold, 1824 }}

'''''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 {{cvt|30-500|m|ft|-1}} in the Indo-Pacific, and 32 fossil species, ranging from the Early Cretaceous to the Oligocene.<ref name="Tsoi">{{cite journal |author=Kwok Ho Tsoi, Tin-Yam Chan & Ka Hou Chu |year=2011 |title=Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of the spear lobsters ''Linuparus'' (Decapoda: Palinuridae), with the description of a new species |journal=Zoologischer Anzeiger |volume=250 |issue=4 |pages=302–315 |doi=10.1016/j.jcz.2011.04.007}}</ref> ''L. trigonus'' is the only extant species also known from the fossil record.<ref name="Tsoi"/>

==Extant species==

{{div col|colwidth=24em}} *''Linuparus meridionalis'' Tsoi, Chan & Chu, 2011 *''Linuparus somniosus'' Berry & George, 1972 *''Linuparus sordidus'' Bruce, 1965 *''Linuparus trigonus'' (von Siebold, 1824) {{div col end}}

==Extinct species==

{{div col|colwidth=24em}} *''Linpuarus adkinsi'' Rathbun, 1935 *''Linpuarus africanus'' Glaessner, 1932 *''Linpuarus bererensis'' Secretan, 1964 *''Linpuarus bigranulatus'' Glaessner, 1930 *''Linpuarus canadensis'' (Whiteaves, 1885) *''Linpuarus carteri'' (Reed, 1911) *''Linpuarus dentatus'' Van Straelen, 1936 *''Linpuarus duelmenensis'' (Geinitz, 1849–50) *''Linpuarus dzheirantuiensis'' Feldmann ''et al.'', 2007 *''Linpuarus eocenicus'' Woods, 1925 *''Linpuarus euthymei'' (Roman & Mazeran 1920) *''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'' (Tribolet, 1874) *''Linpuarus scyllariformis'' (Bell, 1858) *''Linpuarus spinosus'' Collins & Rasmussen, 1992 *''Linpuarus stolleyi'' (Haas, 1889) *''Linpuarus straili'' (Forir, 1887) *''Linpuarus tarrantensis'' Davidson, 1963 *''Linpuarus texanus'' Rathbun, 1935 *''Linpuarus vancouverensis'' (Whiteaves, 1895) *''Linpuarus watkinsi'' Stenzel, 1945 *''Linpuarus wilcoxensis'' Rathbun, 1935 {{div col end}}

==References==

Category:Spiny lobsters Category:Extant Aptian first appearances Category:Decapod genera Category:Taxa named by Adam White (zoologist)