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Palinuridae Latreille 1802

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Family Palinuridae Latreille, 1802

Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) Diagnosis: Melo, 1999:436, fig. 294.

Previous records: Coelho, 1967 /69: 231; Fausto-Filho, 1974:6; Coelho and Ramos-Porto, 1998b:389; Melo, 1999: 436; Coelho et al., 2002:439.

Examined material: MAR/92: Praia do Porto, 1 female. AUG/92: Praia do Porto, 1 male. MAR/93: Praia da Atalaia, 1 female.

Habitat: found in caves with sponges and coral; generally many specimens in exactly one locality. Captured during nocturnal diving, depths of up to 5 m.

Observation: during the day it was possible to see the species in practically all the beaches of the main island and the secondary islands, but its capture only was possible at night, when the specimens left in search of food.

Panulirus echinatus Smith, 1869

Diagnosis: Melo, 1999:438, fig.296.

Previous records: Pocock, 1890:516; Coelho, 1967 /69: 231; Coelho and Ramos, 1972:159; Fausto-Filho, 1974:7; Vianna, 1986:25; Manning and Chace, 1990:36; Coelho and Ramos-Porto, 1998b:389; Melo, 1999: 438; Coelho et al., 2002:439.

Examined material: MAR/92: Praia do Porto, 1 male. JUN/92: Praia da Caieira, 1 female. AUG/93: Praia da Caieira, 1 male (exuvia).

Habitat: found in caves.

Observations: observed during the day in depths of up to 30 m; at night, they left in search of food.

Panulirus laevicauda (Latreille, 1817)

Diagnosis: Melo, 1999:440, fig. 298.

Previous records: Pocock, 1890:516 (as Panulirus ornatus Gray, 1847); Coelho and Ramos, 1972:160; Fausto-Filho, 1974:7; Coelho and Ramos-Porto, 1998b:390; Melo, 1999:440; Coelho et al., 2002:439.

Examined material: APR/92: Praia do Porto, 1 female (exuvia). SEP/92: Praia da Atalaia, 1 male. MAR/ 93: Praia da Caieira, 1 male.

Habitat: in caves encrusted with seaweed, silt and coral; captured during nocturnal diving.

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Published as part of Alves, Maria De Lourdes, Ramos-Porto, Marilena & Viana, Girlene Fábia Segundo, 2008, Checklist of the Decapods (Crustacea) from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil, pp. 43-68 in Zootaxa 1881 on pages 52-53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184217

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Biodiversity

Family
Palinuridae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Latreille
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 sec. Alves, Ramos-Porto & Viana, 2008

References

  • Melo, G. A. S. (1999) Manual de identificacao dos Crustacea Decapoda do litoral brasileiro: Anomura, Thalassinidea, Palinuridea, Astacidea. Pleiade / FAPESP, Sao Paulo, 551 p.
  • Coelho, P. A. (1967 / 69) Novas ocorrencias de crustaceos decapodos em Pernambuco e estados vizinhos (Brasil). Trabalhos Oceanograficos da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco 9 / 11, 239 - 248.
  • Fausto-Filho, J. (1974) Stomatopod and Decapod crustaceans of the Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Northeast Brazil. Arquivos de Ciencias do Mar, 14 (1), n 1 - 35.
  • Coelho, P. A. & Ramos-Porto, M. (1998 b) Malacostraca-Eucarida. Palinuridea. In: YOUNG, P. S. (ed.). Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: Museu Nacional, 387 - 392. (Serie livros n. 6).
  • Coelho, P. A., Santos, M. A. C., Torres, M. F. A., Monteiro, B. R. & Almeida, V. A. K. (2002) Reino Animalia: Filo (ou Subfilo) Crustacea no Estado de Pernambuco. In: Tabarelli, M. & Silva, J. M. C. (orgs.). Diagnostico da Biodiversidade de Pernambuco. Recife, Editora Massangana, 2, 429 - 482.
  • Pocock, R. J. (1890) Crustacea In: Ridley, H. N. (Ed.), Notes on the Zoology of Fernando de Noronha. Journal of the Linnean Society, 20, 506 - 526.
  • Coelho, P. A. & Ramos, M. A. (1972) A constituicao e a distribuicao da fauna de decapodos do litoral leste da America do Sul entre as latitudes de 50 o N e 39 o S. Trabalhos Oceanograficos da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 13, 133 - 236.
  • Vianna, M. L. (1986) On the ecology and intraspecific variation in the spiny lobster Panulirus echinatus Smith, 1869 (Decapoda, Palinuridae) from Brazil. Crustaceana 51 (1), 25 - 37.
  • Manning, R. B. & Chace, Jr. F. A. (1990) Decapod and Stomatopod Crustacea from Ascesion Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 503, 1 - 91.