WoRMS taxon details
Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804)
382891 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382891)
accepted
Species
Palinurus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Palinurus argus Latreille, 1804 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Palinurus ricordi Guérin-Méneville, 1836 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Panulirus argus westonii Sarver, Silberman & Walsh, 1998 accepted as Panulirus meripurpuratus Giraldes & Smyth, 2016 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Palinurus argus Latreille, 1804) Latreille, P.A. (1804). Des langoustes du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. <em>Annales du Muséum national Histoire naturelle.</em> 3: 388-395. [details] 
Type locality contained in Netherlands Antilles
, Note “Je la soupçonne des Grandes-Indes”,...
type locality contained in Netherlands Antilles [details]
Type locality “Je la soupçonne des Grandes-Indes”, possibly Antilles [details]
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m)
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382891 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Palinurus argus Latreille, 1804) Latreille, P.A. (1804). Des langoustes du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. <em>Annales du Muséum national Histoire naturelle.</em> 3: 388-395. [details]
original description (of Palinurus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]
original description (of Palinurus ricordi Guérin-Méneville, 1836) Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1829-1843). Iconographie du régne animal de G. Cuvier. [Representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux.Iconography of the animal kingdom by G. Cuvier.]. <em>Planches des Animaux invertébrés. Zoophytes. 2. Crustacées. A. Londres publisher. (Publication began in 1829).</em> :1-48, [ Copepods pl. 35, This plate was published in 1837.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27813845 [details]
basis of record Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
original description (of Palinurus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]
original description (of Palinurus ricordi Guérin-Méneville, 1836) Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1829-1843). Iconographie du régne animal de G. Cuvier. [Representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux.Iconography of the animal kingdom by G. Cuvier.]. <em>Planches des Animaux invertébrés. Zoophytes. 2. Crustacées. A. Londres publisher. (Publication began in 1829).</em> :1-48, [ Copepods pl. 35, This plate was published in 1837.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27813845 [details]
basis of record Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors 
[request]
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 [request]
[request]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
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality “Je la soupçonne des Grandes-Indes”, possibly Antilles [details]Unreviewed
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]Habitat Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Caraïbische langoest | [details] |
| English | West Indies spiny lobsterWest Indian spiny lobsterWest Indian langoustespiny lobsterFlorida spiny lobstercrawfishcommon spiny lobsterCaribbean spiny lobsterCaribbean spiny crawfishBermuda spiny lobsterBermuda lobster | [details] |
| French | langouste d'Amériquelangouste blanchelangouste arguslangouste américainehomard blanc | [details] |
| German | Karibische LangusteAmerikanische Languste | [details] |
| Papiamento | kreef | [details] |
| Spanish | langosta del Golfolangosta común del Caribelangosta | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (400 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (143 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Palinurus argus Latreille, 1804)
To CRUSTA
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Spiny Lobster)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Panulirus argus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (1245 nucleotides; 433 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 292442 Dorsal View)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (149 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (143 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Palinurus argus Latreille, 1804)
To CRUSTA
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Spiny Lobster)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Panulirus argus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (1245 nucleotides; 433 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 292442 Dorsal View)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (149 records)
To ITIS
