WoRMS taxon details

Palinustus mossambicus Barnard, 1926

210353  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210353)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Achelata (Infraorder)
  12. Palinuridae (Family)
  13. Palinustus (Genus)
  14. Palinustus mossambicus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Barnard, K.H. (1926). Report on a collection of Crustacea from Portuguese East Africa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 13: 119-129. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  SAMC A 10684, geounit Mozambique  
Holotype SAMC A 10684, geounit Mozambique [details]
, Type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range Found in deep water (406m) , but also in 59-61m depth.  
Depth range Found in deep water (406m) , but also in 59-61m depth. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Palinustus mossambicus Barnard, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210353 on 2025-10-09
Date
action
by
1997-09-11 16:01:23Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-02-23 14:08:32Z
changed
Chan, Tin-Yam
2020-10-21 12:40:18Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Barnard, K.H. (1926). Report on a collection of Crustacea from Portuguese East Africa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 13: 119-129. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Barnard, K.H. (1950). Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 38: 1-837. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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. <em>FAO fisheries Synopsis.</em> 125(13): 1–292. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype SAMC A 10684, geounit Mozambique [details]
Unreviewed
Depth range Found in deep water (406m) , but also in 59-61m depth. [details]
    Definitions

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English buffalo blunthorn lobster  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) 
To ITIS

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