''Justitia'' is a genus of
spiny lobster
Spiny lobsters, also known as langustas, langouste, or rock lobsters, are a family (Palinuridae) of about 60 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also, especially in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, S ...
s. Following the recognition of ''
Nupalirus'' as a separate genus, ''Justitia'' comprises one extant species and two fossil species:
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Justitia longimanus
Lady Justice ( la, Iustitia) is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. Her attributes are scales, a sword and sometimes a blindfold. She often appears as a pair with Prudentia.
Lady Justice originates from the ...
''
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) – Recent
:*''
Justitia longimanus longimanus''
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) – western Atlantic
:*''
Justitia longimana mauritiana''
(Miers, 1882) – Indo-Pacific
*† ''
Justitia desmaresti''
(Massalongo, 1854) – late
Ypresian
In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by the Eocene Lutetian Age. The Ypresian i ...
or early
Lutetian
The Lutetian is, in the geologic timescale, a stage (stratigraphy), stage or age (geology), age in the Eocene. It spans the time between . The Lutetian is preceded by the Ypresian and is followed by the Bartonian. Together with the Bartonian it ...
,
Monte Bolca
Monte Bolca is a lagerstätte near Verona, Italy that was one of the first fossil sites with high quality preservation known to Europeans, and is still an important source of fossils from the Eocene.
Geology
Monte Bolca was uplifted from the T ...
, Italy
*† ''
Justitia vicetina''
Beschin ''et al.'', 2001 – middle Lutetian,
Chiampo
Chiampo is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is on SP43.
It houses the 19th-century Roman Catholic church of Santa Maria Assunta e San Martino and was the birthplace of the priest-poet Giacomo Zanella
Monument ...
,
Vicenza
Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the '' Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan.
Vicenza is a t ...
, Italy
References
Achelata
Decapod genera
Extant Lutetian first appearances
Lutetian genus first appearances
Taxa named by Lipke Holthuis
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