Linuparus, the spear lobsters, is a genus of medium-sized to large spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae. It contains four extant species found at depths of in the Indo-Pacific, and 32 fossil species, ranging from the Early Cretaceous to the Oligocene. L. trigonus is the only extant species also known from the fossil record.
Extant species
Extinct species
- Linpuarus adkinsi <small>Rathbun, 1935</small>
- Linpuarus africanus <small>Glaessner, 1932</small>
- Linpuarus bererensis <small>Secretan, 1964</small>
- Linpuarus bigranulatus <small>Glaessner, 1930</small>
- Linpuarus canadensis <small>(Whiteaves, 1885)</small>
- Linpuarus carteri <small>(Reed, 1911)</small>
- Linpuarus dentatus <small>Van Straelen, 1936</small>
- Linpuarus duelmenensis <small>(Geinitz, 1849âÂÂ50)</small>
- Linpuarus dzheirantuiensis <small>Feldmann et al., 2007</small>
- Linpuarus eocenicus <small>Woods, 1925</small>
- Linpuarus euthymei <small>(Roman & Mazeran 1920)</small>
- Linpuarus grimmeri <small>Stenzel, 1945</small>
- Linpuarus hantscheli <small>Mertin, 1941</small>
- Linpuarus japonicus <small>Nagao, 1931</small>
- Linpuarus kleinfelderi <small>Rathbun, 1931</small>
- Linpuarus korura <small>Feldmann & Bearlin, 1988</small>
- Linpuarus laevicephalus <small>Mertin, 1941</small>
- Linpuarus macellarii <small>Feldmann & Tshudy, 1988</small>
- Linpuarus petkovici <small>Benchmayer & Markovic, 1955</small>
- Linpuarus pustulosus <small>Feldmann et al., 1977</small>
- Linpuarus richardsi <small>Roberts, 1962</small>
- Linpuarus schluteri <small>(Tribolet, 1874)</small>
- Linpuarus scyllariformis <small>(Bell, 1858)</small>
- Linpuarus spinosus <small>Collins & Rasmussen, 1992</small>
- Linpuarus stolleyi <small>(Haas, 1889)</small>
- Linpuarus straili <small>(Forir, 1887)</small>
- Linpuarus tarrantensis <small>Davidson, 1963</small>
- Linpuarus texanus <small>Rathbun, 1935</small>
- Linpuarus vancouverensis <small>(Whiteaves, 1895)</small>
- Linpuarus watkinsi <small>Stenzel, 1945</small>
- Linpuarus wilcoxensis <small>Rathbun, 1935</small>
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