# Palibythus
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{{short description|Genus of crustaceans}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = ''Palibythus magnificus''
| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = [{{Cite iucn | author = A. MacDiarmid | title = ''Palibythus magnificus'' | article-number = e.T170033A6715102 | date = 2011 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T170033A6715102.en }}]
| parent_authority = Davie, 1990 [{{cite journal |title=A new genus and species of marine crayfish, ''Palibythus magnificus'', and new records of ''Palinurellus'' (Decapoda: Palinuridae) from the Pacific Ocean |author=P. J. F. Davie |journal=[Invertebrate Taxonomy](/source/Invertebrate_Taxonomy) |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=685–695 |doi=10.1071/IT9900685 |year=1990|s2cid=16571724 }}][{{ITIS |id=553056 |taxon=''Palibythus'' Davie, 1990 |accessdate=August 22, 2011}}]
| taxon = Palibythus magnificus
| authority = Davie, 1990 [{{ITIS |id=553057 |taxon=''Palibythus magnificus'' Davie, 1990 |accessdate=August 22, 2011}}]
}}
'''''Palibythus magnificus''''', sometimes called the '''musical furry lobster''',[{{cite web |url=http://www.mnre.gov.ws/biodiv/popup_Marine.cfm?RecordID=150 |title=Musical furry lobster (''Palibythus magnificus'') |publisher=[Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment](/source/Ministry_of_Natural_Resources_and_Environment), [Government of Samoa](/source/Government_of_Samoa) |access-date=February 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002105227/http://www.mnre.gov.ws/biodiv/popup_Marine.cfm?RecordID=150 |archive-date=October 2, 2011 }}] is a [species](/source/species) of [furry lobster](/source/furry_lobster) found in [Polynesia](/source/Polynesia). It is generally included in the family [Palinuridae](/source/spiny_lobster), although it has also been separated from that family with the genus ''[Palinurellus](/source/Palinurellus)'' to form the family [Synaxidae](/source/Synaxidae) in the past.[{{cite book |chapter-url=ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/t0411e/T0411E26.pdf |chapter=Synaxidae |title=FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine Lobsters of the World |author=Lipke Holthuis |author-link=Lipke Holthuis |publisher=[Food and Agriculture Organization](/source/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization) |year=1990 |isbn=978-92-5-103027-1 |page=167 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Online version: [http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/lobsters.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=206 ''Palibythus magnificus''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608011727/http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/lobsters.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=206 |date=2011-06-08 }}] The species is known in [Samoan](/source/Samoan_language) as ''{{lang|sm|ula moana}}'',[{{cite web |url=http://www.mnre.gov.ws/biodiv/popup_Marine.cfm?RecordID=83 |title=Deep water shrimps (''Heterocaprus laevigatus'') [''sic''] |publisher=[Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment](/source/Ministry_of_Natural_Resources_and_Environment), [Government of Samoa](/source/Government_of_Samoa) |access-date=February 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002105255/http://www.mnre.gov.ws/biodiv/popup_Marine.cfm?RecordID=83 |archive-date=October 2, 2011 }}]
==Distribution==
''Palibythus'' is only known to occur around [Samoa](/source/Samoa) and the [Tuamotu Archipelago](/source/Tuamotus).[{{cite web |url=http://www.sealifebase.org/Country/CountryList.php?ID=15106&GenusName=Palibythus&SpeciesName=magnificus |title=Countries where ''Palibythus magnificus'' is found |publisher=[SeaLifeBase](/source/SeaLifeBase) |access-date=February 18, 2009}}] It lives at greater depth than ''[Palinurellus](/source/Palinurellus)'' – from {{cvt|90|to(-)|300|m|ft}} – and is slightly larger, at up to {{cvt|27|cm|in|0}} in length.[{{cite web |url=http://smdec.com/keyfao/LOBSTERS/data/60503.pdf |title=Synaxidae |pages=1001–1004 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}] All the specimens held in [natural history museum](/source/natural_history_museum)s stem from the waters of Samoa, with only photos so far known of an animal from the Tuamotu Archipelago that is "almost definitely this species".[{{cite journal |author1=S. N. Patek |author2=T. H. Oakley |name-list-style=amp |year=2003 |journal=[Evolution](/source/Evolution_(journal)) |volume=57 |issue=9 |pages=2082–2100 |title=Comparative tests of evolutionary trade-offs in a palinurid lobster acoustic system |doi=10.1554/02-608 |pmid=14575329 |jstor=3448881 |s2cid=198153660 }}]
==Relatives==
''Palibythus'' was originally placed with ''[Palinurellus](/source/Palinurellus)'' in the family Synaxidae, on the basis that both genera possess a triangular [rostrum](/source/rostrum_(anatomy)) which is absent in the other genera of spiny lobsters, and that both genera lack the supra-orbital horns found in the other spiny lobster genera.[{{cite journal |title=Tethys origin and subsequent radiation of the spiny lobsters (Palinuridae) |author=R. W. George |journal=[Crustaceana](/source/Crustaceana) |volume=79 |issue=4 |year=2006 |pages=397–422 |doi=10.1163/156854006777554848 |author-link=Ray W. George}}] Despite this, however, the two genera of furry lobsters are not [sister taxa](/source/sister_taxa). The genera most closely related to ''Palibythus'' are ''[Panulirus](/source/Panulirus)'' and ''[Palinurus](/source/Palinurus)'', while ''Palinurellus'' is closest to ''[Jasus](/source/Jasus)'' and ''[Projasus](/source/Projasus)'', two other genera which lack the [stridulating](/source/stridulation) organ.[{{cite journal |title=Phylogenetic relationships between spiny, slipper and coral lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata) |author1=Ferran Palero |author2=Keith A. Crandall|author-link2=Keith A. Crandall |author3=Pere Abelló |author4=Enrique Macpherson |author5=Marta Pascual |name-list-style=amp |journal=[Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution](/source/Molecular_Phylogenetics_and_Evolution) |volume=50 |issue=1 |year=2009 |pages=152–162 |pmid=18957325 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.003}}]
==Fishery==
Although ''Palibythus'' is a large enough lobster to provide food for human consumption, its rarity, and the depths at which it lives, seem to preclude any commercial [fishery](/source/lobster_fishery).