''Linuparus'', the spear lobsters, is a

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of medium-sized to large spiny lobsters in the

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Palinuridae. It contains four extant species found at depths of in the

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, and 32 fossil species, ranging from the

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to the

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. '' L. trigonus'' is the only extant species also known from the fossil record.

Extant species

*'' Linuparus meridionalis'' Tsoi, Chan & Chu, 2011 *'' Linuparus somniosus'' Berry & George, 1972 *'' Linuparus sordidus'' Bruce, 1965 *'' Linuparus trigonus'' (von Siebold, 1824)

Extinct species

*'' Linpuarus adkinsi'' Rathbun, 1935 *'' Linpuarus africanus'' Glaessner, 1932 *'' Linpuarus bererensis'' Secretan, 1964 *'' Linpuarus bigranulatus'' Glaessner, 1930 *'' Linpuarus canadensis'' (Whiteaves, 1885) *'' Linpuarus carteri'' (Reed, 1911) *'' Linpuarus dentatus'' Van Straelen, 1936 *'' Linpuarus duelmenensis'' (Geinitz, 1849–50) *'' Linpuarus dzheirantuiensis'' Feldmann ''et al.'', 2007 *'' Linpuarus eocenicus'' Woods, 1925 *'' Linpuarus euthymei'' (Roman & Mazeran 1920) *'' Linpuarus grimmeri'' Stenzel, 1945 *'' Linpuarus hantscheli'' Mertin, 1941 *'' Linpuarus japonicus'' Nagao, 1931 *'' Linpuarus kleinfelderi'' Rathbun, 1931 *'' Linpuarus korura'' Feldmann & Bearlin, 1988 *'' Linpuarus laevicephalus'' Mertin, 1941 *'' Linpuarus macellarii'' Feldmann & Tshudy, 1988 *'' Linpuarus petkovici'' Benchmayer & Markovic, 1955 *'' Linpuarus pustulosus'' Feldmann ''et al.'', 1977 *'' Linpuarus richardsi'' Roberts, 1962 *'' Linpuarus schluteri'' (Tribolet, 1874) *'' Linpuarus scyllariformis'' (Bell, 1858) *'' Linpuarus spinosus'' Collins & Rasmussen, 1992 *'' Linpuarus stolleyi'' (Haas, 1889) *'' Linpuarus straili'' (Forir, 1887) *'' Linpuarus tarrantensis'' Davidson, 1963 *'' Linpuarus texanus'' Rathbun, 1935 *'' Linpuarus vancouverensis'' (Whiteaves, 1895) *'' Linpuarus watkinsi'' Stenzel, 1945 *'' Linpuarus wilcoxensis'' Rathbun, 1935

References

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