FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

Palinuridae 1023
Justitia longimanus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
En - Longarm furrow lobster; Fr - Langouste
gibbon; Sp - Langosta de muelas. (The old FAO
name of this species is re-used because recent
research showed that J. longimanus and J.
mauritiana represent the same species).
Maximum body length 18.5 cm, commonly
between 11 and 16 cm. At depths from 23 to
454 m, usually between 50 and 150 m. Inhabits
the outer parts of coral or rocky reef slopes.
Although perhaps the most common species of
the genus, it is only occasionally caught by
traps, tangle nets, or divers. Of limited interest
to fisheries because of its rocky habitat and
usual occurrence in deeper waters. Worldwide
distribution in tropical and subtropical seas;
recorded in the western Atlantic from Bermuda
to Brazil and in the Indo-Pacific from
Madagascar to Taiwan Province of China,
Japan, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.
Justitia vericeli Poupin, 1994
En - Polynesian furrow lobster.
Body length about 18 cm. On hard coral bottoms
at depths from 160 to 320 m. Apparently very rare
and only caught during experimental trapping
operations. So far only known from the Tuamotu
Archipelago (French Polynesia).
(after Miers, 1882)
(after Poupin, 1994)