Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Achelata - Palinuridae - Panulirus

Panulirus homarus (Linnaeus, 1758)


Distribution : IWP - eastern coast of Africa to Japan, Australia, and the Marquesas Archipelago.

Selected Reference(s)
Panulirus homarus. - Gordon, I., 1953: 29, fig. 2b-d, 6, 7b. [Puerulus larvae only] - French Polynesia
Panulirus homarus. - Poupin, J., 1996a: 9. [Checklist and new record at Nuku Hiva] - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Marquesas (Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva); Society (Tahiti) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Hard bottom.

Regional Records: Panulirus homarus - Gordon, 1953: 29, fig. 2b-d, 6, 7b (Marquesas "Hana Hevané" = Hanavave bay?, Fatu Hiva; Puerulus larvae only). - Michel, 1971: 467 (Marquesas; Phyllosomes larvae only). - Holthuis, 1991: 139, fig. 267-268 (Marquesas, with a ?; Syn.). - Poupin, 1996a: 9 (Checklist and new record at Nuku Hiva; coll. Frv Marara). - ? Panulirus (sic) spinosus (Edwards) - Cano, 1888: 179 (Tahiti) - Synonyms - Palinurus spinosus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (with a ?, in Holthuis, 1991: 139). - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ1-GR, Nuku Hiva, 8-10 m, photo in situ T. Perez, St. MQ2-GR, Nuku Hiva, 20-23 m, sample LC25, LC34 (molt), photos in situ T. Perez, St. MQ10-R, Hiva Oa, 1-10 m, coll. pêcheur Eugène, sample LC198, LC199 (photo).

Depth distribution: 1 - 10 m

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
Since November 2012, this database is updated in CRUSTA database - http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/