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    Justitia mauritiana

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Species of crustacean


    Justitia mauritiana
    Scientific classification
    Kingdom:
    Animalia
    Phylum:
    Arthropoda
    Subphylum:
    Crustacea
    Class:
    Malacostraca
    Order:
    Decapoda
    Family:
    Palinuridae
    Genus:
    Justitia
    Species:
    J. mauritiana
    Binomial name
    Justitia mauritiana
    (Miers, 1882) [1]
    Synonyms
    • Palinurus longimanus mauritianus Miers, 1882
    • Justitia longimana mauritiana Holthuis, 1946

    Justitia mauritiana is a species of spiny lobster, sometimes called the gibbon furrow lobster. It lives in the western Indian Ocean around the Mascarene Islands (Réunion and the type locality, Mauritius), and also around the Hawaiian Islands. Larvae supposed to belong to this species have been reported around the Philippines , the Gilbert Islands and Tahiti.[2] It grows to a total body length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in), and this small size, together with its scarcity and the difficulties of fishing for lobsters on rocky substrates, means that the species is not commercially exploited.[2] J. mauritiana is also treated as a subspecies of Justitia longimanus.[3]

    References

    1. ↑ "Justitia mauritiana (Miers, 1882)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=552959. Retrieved October 28, 2010. 
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lipke Holthuis (1991). "Justitia mauritiana". FAO species catalogue. Vol.13. Marine Lobsters of the World. FAO Fisheries Series. Food and Agriculture Organization. ISBN 92-5-103027-8. http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/lobsters.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=137. 
    3. ↑ 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. 

    See also Wikidata entry Q6318445.




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