Linuparus
# Linuparus

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 30–500 m (100–1,640 ft) 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

* 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
