FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

1014 Lobsters
8a. Antennular plate armed with 2 pairs of principal spines only (Fig. 20f); fourth to sixth
abdominal segments smooth (Fig. 24a); body deep blue and green, abdomen with
narrow transverse white bands, antennal and antennular flagella whitish . . . . Panulirus versicolor
8b. Antennular plate with many small spinules in additional to the 2 pairs of principal spines
(Fig. 20g); sunken pubescent areas present on all abdominal segments (Fig. 24b); body
greenish, region between eyestalks not brightly marked and abdomen not banded
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Panulirus stimpsoni
leg 1
leg 2
strong
protrusions
leg 3
leg 4
leg 5
leg 1
leg 2
a) Panulirus albiflagellum b) Panulirus longipes
Fig. 23 thoracic sternum (ventral view)
leg 3
leg 4
leg 5
sunken
pubescent
areas
List of species occurring in the area
The symbol is given when species accounts are included.
Justitia chani Poupin, 1994
Justitia japonica (Kubo, 1955)
Justitia longimanus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Justitia vericeli Poupin, 1994
Linuparus sordidus Bruce, 1965
Linuparus trigonus (Von Siebold, 1824)
Palinustus unicornutus Berry, 1963
Palinustus waguensis Kubo, 1963
Panulirus albiflagellum Chan and Chu, 1996
Panulirus homarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Panulirus longipes (A. Milne Edwards, 1868)
Panulirus ornatus (Fabricius, 1798)
Panulirus pascuensis Reed, 1954
Panulirus penicillatus (Olivier, 1791)
Panulirus polyphagus (Herbst, 1793)
Panulirus stimpsoni Holthuis, 1963
Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804)
Puerulus angulatus (Bate, 1888)
Puerulus velutinus Holthuis, 1963
References
Chan, T.Y. and K.H. Chu. 1996. On the different forms of Panulirus longipes femoristriga (von Martens, 1872)
(Crustacea: Decapoda: Palinuridae), with description of a new species. J. Nat. Hist., 30:367-387.
Chan, T.Y. and H.P. Yu. 1993. The illustrated lobsters of Taiwan. Taipei, SMC Publishing Inc., 248 p.
Chan, T.Y. and H.P. Yu. 1995. The rare lobster genus Palinustus A. Milne Edwards, 1880 (Decapoda: Palinuridae), with
description of a new species. J. Crust. Biol., 15(2):376-394.
Holthuis, L.B. 1991. Marine lobsters of the world. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 13. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of
species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fish. Synop., 125(13):1-292.
Poupin, J. 1994. The genus Justitia Holthuis, 1946, with the description of J. chani and J. vericeli spp. nov. (Crustacea,
Decapoda, Palinuridae). J. Taiwan Mus., 47(1):37-56.
1
2
3
4
5
6
sunken
pubescent
areas
1
2
3
4
5
6
a) Panulirus versicolor b) PanulIrus stimpsoni
Fig. 24 abdomen (dorsal view)