Furry lobster
As fur crawfish ( Synaxidae ) a family of lobster -like within the decapods ( Decapoda ) was called, which was for a revision of the classification assigned to the family of lobsters and in the partial order Achelata. The family consisting of three kinds, which were divided into two genera.
All the former the fur crawfish associated species are marine, so live exclusively in the sea.
Features
The previously summarized in the fur crayfish species are decapods with elongated shape, they are very similar to the lobster as next of kin. Like these, they have long antennae and in contrast to other decapods no large claws on the front walking legs. The head is covered by a large rostrum and a broad triangular or rounded plate between the eyes. The carapace has no spines or frontal horns.
The name derives from the family resolved the body covering of the animals was of a dense fur short hair.
Dissemination
The three species have very different distribution areas. Palinurellus wieneckii has been tested on different parts of the tropical and sub-tropical areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, partly as larvae and partly as adult cancers. In contrast Palinurellus gundlachi comes only in the western Atlantic before, especially in the Gulf of Mexico to Bermuda and the Bahamas, in South Florida, Yucatan and from the Caribbean islands of Cuba to Barbados, Curacao and Northeast Brazil ( Pernambuco). Palibythus magnificus was found only in the central Pacific in Western Samoa and potentially before the Tuamotu Archipelago.
System
The fur lobsters formed together with the slipper lobsters ( Scyllaridae ) and crawfish ( Palinuridae ) the superfamily of Palinuroidea. Within these were the lobster and crayfish fur be sister. Based on molecular genetic analysis of the genera assigned to the family of lobsters and in the partial order Achelata.
The fur of the lobster family included only three species in two genera:
- Palinurellus From Martens, 1878 Palinurellus gundlachi From Martens, 1878
- Palinurellus wieneckii ( De Man, 1881)
- Palibythus magnificus Davie, 1990