WoRMS taxon details

Panulirus cygnus George, 1962

382893  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382893)

  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. Panulirus (Genus)
  14. Panulirus cygnus (Species)
accepted
Species
Panulirus longipes cygnus George, 1962 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
George, R.W. (1962). Description of <i>Panulirus cygnus</i> sp. nov., the commercial crayfish (or spiny lobster) of Western Australia. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.</em> 45(4): 100-110. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  WAM 90-62, geounit Rottnest Island  
Holotype WAM 90-62, geounit Rottnest Island [details]
Depth range found in depths between 0 and 90m, rarely as deep as 120m  
Depth range found in depths between 0 and 90m, rarely as deep as 120m [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Panulirus cygnus George, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382893 on 2025-07-13
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2009-02-23 14:08:32Z
created
Chan, Tin-Yam
2020-10-19 18:13:32Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2021-07-12 08:49:33Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-08-10 13:32:03Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description George, R.W. (1962). Description of <i>Panulirus cygnus</i> sp. nov., the commercial crayfish (or spiny lobster) of Western Australia. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.</em> 45(4): 100-110. [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 WAM 90-62, geounit Rottnest Island [details]
Unreviewed
Depth range found in depths between 0 and 90m, rarely as deep as 120m [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Dutch Australische langoest  [details]
English western rock lobsterwestern crayWestern Australian crayfishAustralian spiny lobster  [details]
French langouste d'Australie  [details]
German Australische Languste  [details]
Spanish langosta de Australia  [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Panulirus longipes cygnus George, 1962)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Panulirus cygnus) 
To GenBank (97 nucleotides; 29 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) 
To ITIS

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