Girish Mahajan (Editor)

Justitia mauritiana

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Subphylum
  
Order
  
Decapoda

Scientific name
  
Justitia mauritiana

Phylum
  
Class
  
Family
  
Palinuridae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Linuparus, Panulirus marginatus, Jasus paulensis, Furry lobster, Panulirus polyphagus

Justitia mauritiana is a species of spiny lobster, sometimes called the gibbon furrow lobster. It lives in the western Indian Ocean around the Mascarene Islands (RĂ©union and the type locality, Mauritius), and also around the Hawaiian Islands. Larvae supposed to belong to this species have been reported around the Philippines, the Gilbert Islands and Tahiti. It grows to a total body length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in), and this small size, together with its scarcity and the difficulties of fishing for lobsters on rocky substrates, means that the species is not commercially exploited. J. mauritiana is also treated as a subspecies of Justitia longimanus.

References

Justitia mauritiana Wikipedia


Similar Topics