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Infraorder Palinura
Family Palinuridae
Key to genera and species
[Adapted from Manning, 1978]
Family Palinuridae 313
First pair of pereopods enlarged in males, ending in apparent (false) pincers, with
wide, red cross bands; carapace ornamented with strong, scale-like sculpture; tail
brick red, with 4 or 5 conspicuous transverse grooves on each segment and with
yellowish spots and stripes Justitia longimanus
First pair of pereopods not enlarged, with no trace of pincer, without cross bands;
carapace without scale-like sculpture; tail variously colored, smooth or with at most
1 transverse groove (frontal horns over eyes very sharp; antennular flagella longer
than peduncle) Panulirus
Genus Panulirus White, 1847
Key to species
1. Each abdominal somite smooth, without complete transverse groove (antennular
plate bearing 2 pairs of strong spines) P. laevicauda
Each abdominal somite with complete transverse groove 2
2. (1) Antennular plate bearing 2 pairs of strong spines; tail with 4 conspicuous yellow
spots P. argus
Antennular plate bearing one pair of strong spines; tail without 4 conspicuous
yellow spots P. guttatus