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Linuparus somniosus Berry & George, 1972 
AphiaID: 210644

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Macrura Reptantia (Suborder) > Achelata (Infraorder) > Palinuridae (Family) > Linuparus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Linuparus White, 1847
Sources  additional source: Holthuis, L.B. 1991. FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO fisheries Synopsis. 125 (13):292 p. [details]

source of synonymy: Fischer, W. & G. Bianchi (Eds.) (1984). FAO Species identification sheets For Fisheries Purposes: Western Indian Ocean. FAO, Rome. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English African spear lobster  [details]
English spear lobster  [details]
French langouste javelot d'Afrique  [details]
Portuguese lagosta lanceira  [details]
Spanish langosta jabalina Africana  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution type locality: Natal [details]
East Africa [details]
FAO fishing area 51 [details]
Kenya [details]
Mozambique [details]
Mtwapa [details]
Natal [details]
Tanzania [details]
Ungama Bay [details]
Specimens  Paratype: RMNH D 27137 [details]
Paratype: RMNH D 27138 [details]
Holotype: BM 1971: 120, locality Natal (N.E. of Bazaruto Island) [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
To ITIS
Note  Depth range: 216 to 375m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210644
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-06-07 07:51:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-01-16 17:39:35Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-02-23 14:08:32Z  changed  Chan, Tin-Yam
  
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  Citation: Chan, T. (2013). Linuparus somniosus Berry & George, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210644 on 2013-06-18
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