Genus Panulirus White, 1847
- Panulirus White, A. 1847. List of the Specimens of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 143 pp. [Date published Apr/1847] [69] [gender masculine].
Type species:
Palinurus japonicus Von Siebold, 1824 by subsequent designation, see Holthuis, L.B. 1956. Proposed addition to the "Official List of Generic Names in Zoology" of the names of twenty-five genera of Macrura Reptantia (class Crustacea, order Decapoda), including proposals for the use of the plenary powers (a) to validate the spelling of "Cherax" and "Cheraps" by Erichson in 1846, (b) to suppress the specific name "goudotii" Guérin-Méneville, 1839, as published in the combination "Astacoides goudotii", and (c) to validate the emendation to "Palinurus" of the generic name "Pallinurus" Weber, 1795. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 12: 107-119 [55]. - Phyllosoma Leach, W.E. 1818. A general notice of the animals taken by Mr. John Cranch, during the expedition to explore the source of the river Zaire. 1 unnumbered plate (1817), Appendix 4 (1818). pp. 407-419 in Tuckey, J.K. (ed.). Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the direction of Captain J.K. Tuckey, R.N., to which is added, the Journal of Professor Smith, Some general observations on the country and its inhabitants, and an Appendix: Containing the natural history of that part of the Kingdom of Congo through which the Zaire flows. London : John Murray 498 pp. [pl. not numbered] [name suppressed under plenary powers of ICZN, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1958. Opinion 507. Use of the Plenary Powers to secure that the generic name Panulirus White, 1847 (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda) shall be the oldest name for the genus concerned. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 18: 197–210, and placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Names in Zoology; gender neuter].
Type species:
Phyllosoma commune Leach, 1818 by subsequent designation, see Holthuis, L.B. 1956. Proposed addition to the "Official List of Generic Names in Zoology" of the names of twenty-five genera of Macrura Reptantia (class Crustacea, order Decapoda), including proposals for the use of the plenary powers (a) to validate the spelling of "Cherax" and "Cheraps" by Erichson in 1846, (b) to suppress the specific name "goudotii" Guérin-Méneville, 1839, as published in the combination "Astacoides goudotii", and (c) to validate the emendation to "Palinurus" of the generic name "Pallinurus" Weber, 1795. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 12: 107-119.Secondary source:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1958. Opinion 507. Use of the Plenary Powers to secure that the generic name Panulirus White, 1847 (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda) shall be the oldest name for the genus concerned. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 18: 197-210. - Senex Pfeffer, G. 1881. Die Panzerkrebse des Hamburger Museum. Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 5: 22-55 [30] [replacement name for, and thereby junior objective synonym of Panulirus White, 1847, junior homonym of Senex Gray, 1838 (Aves); gender masculine].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Holthuis, L.B. 1991. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, 13: i-viii, 1-292 [128]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Circumtropical.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 03-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |