Fur lobsters

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The division of living beings into systematics is a continuous subject of research. Different systematic classifications exist side by side and one after the other. The taxon treated here has become obsolete due to new research or is not part of the group systematics presented in the German-language Wikipedia.

Palinurellus gundlachi

As furry lobster (Synaxidae) was a family of crawfish-like within the decapods designated (Decapoda), according to a revision of the classification in the family of lobsters and in the partial order achelata has been assigned. The family consisted of only three species, which were divided into two genera.

All species formerly assigned to the furry lobster are marine, so live exclusively in the sea.

features

The species that were formerly grouped in the fur lobsters are decapods with elongated shape, whereby they are very similar to the lobsters as the closest relatives. Like these, they have long antennae and, in contrast to other decapods, do not have large claws on their front legs. The head is covered by a large rostrum and a wide triangular or rounded plate between the eyes. The carapace has no spines or frontal horns.

The name given to the dissolved family was the body covering of the animals made of a thick coat of short hair.

distribution

The three species have very different distribution areas. Palinurellus wieneckii was found in different places in the tropical and subtropical areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, partly as larvae and partly as adult crabs. In contrast, Palinurellus gundlachi occurs only in the western Atlantic, especially in the Gulf of Mexico , around Bermuda and around the Bahamas , off South Florida, Yucatán and off the Caribbean islands from Cuba to Barbados , Curaçao and northeast Brazil ( Pernambuco ). Palibythus magnificus was only found in the central Pacific near western Samoa and potentially off the Tuamotu Archipelago .

Systematics

The furry lobsters formed the superfamily of the Palinuroidea together with the slippery lobsters (Scyllaridae) and the lobsters (Palinuridae). Within these, the lobsters and the furry lobsters were sister taxa. On the basis of molecular genetic analysis, the genera were assigned to the lobster family and the Achelata suborder .

The furry lobster family comprised only three species in two genera:

literature

  • LB Holthuis: Marine Lobsters of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalog of marine lobsters known to date. FAO Species Catalog Vol. 13, Rome 1991; Pp. 165-171. ( online )

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al .: A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . In: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Supplement No. 21. 2009, p. 1–109 ( online [PDF; 7,8 MB ; accessed on March 14, 2012]).
  2. ↑ Ferran Paleroa, Keith A. Crandallb, Pere Abellóc, Enrique Macphersond and Marta Pascuala: Phylogenetic relationships between spiny, slipper and coral lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Achelata) . In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 50 Volume 1, 2009, p. 152–162 , doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2008.10.003 .
  3. ↑ a b LB Holthuis: Marine Lobsters of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalog of marine lobsters known to date. FAO Species Catalog Vol. 13, Rome 1991; Pp. 165-171. ( Online )
  4. ↑ Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)