Biology:Justitia (crustacean)

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Short description: Genus of spiny lobsters


Justitia
Temporal range: Lutetian–Recent
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Justitia

Holthuis, 1946[1]
Type species
Palinurus longimanus
H. Milne-Edwards, 1837

Justitia is a genus of spiny lobsters. Following the recognition of Nupalirus as a separate genus, Justitia comprises one extant species and two fossil species:[2]

  • Justitia longimanus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) – Recent
  • Justitia longimanus longimanus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) – western Atlantic
  • Justitia longimana mauritiana (Miers, 1882) – Indo-Pacific
  • Justitia desmaresti (Massalongo, 1854) – late Ypresian or early Lutetian, Monte Bolca, Italy [3]
  • Justitia vicetina Beschin et al., 2001 – middle Lutetian, Chiampo, Vicenza, Italy [3]

References

  1. Tin-Yam Chan (2010). "Justitia Holthuis, 1946". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205226. 
  2. Tin-Yam Chan (2010). Martyn E. Y. Low. ed. "Annotated checklist of the world's marine lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidea, Glypheidea, Achelata, Polychelida)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 23: 153–181. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s23/s23rbz153-181.pdf. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Alessandro Garassino & Antonio De Angeli (2003). "Justitia Holthuis, 1946 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palinuridea) from the Middle Eocene of Verona and Vicenza (northern Italy)". Contributions to Zoology 72 (2/3): 131–132. doi:10.1163/18759866-0720203011. 

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