Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804)

Poupin, Joseph, 2024, A documented checklist of the Crustacea (Stomatopoda, Decapoda) of the southern Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil Amapá), European Journal of Taxonomy 954 (1), pp. 1-197 : 70-71

Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804)

Figs 13–14

Panulirus argus – Takeda 1983: 79, Suriname, French Guiana [90 m]. — Silva et al. 2013: 1091, fig. 2, Brazil Amapá /Pará [bottom trawl, between 1°20′ N and 4°09′ N, 41–626 m]; 2020: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá. — Cintra et al. 2017: tabs 1–6, Brazil Amapá [27–47 m]. — Cruz et al. 2021: fig. 2, Brazil Amapá.

Distribution/Habitat

WA; marine; 1– 90 m.

Figures

Fig. 13. The lobster Panulirus guttatus (Latreille, 1804) (N° 5, in red), first Decapoda Latreille, 1802 reported from French Guiana region (Suriname). Adapted from Seba (1759: pl. 21). Perhaps not P. guttatus but Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804), instead (see checklist).

Fig. 14. Comparison of the color pattern in Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) (left) and P. guttatus (Latreille, 1804) (right). Specimens from Martinique, photos Y. Buske.