Palinuridae Latreille, 1802

Poupin, Joseph, Corbari, Laure, Pérez, Thierry & Chevaldonné, Pierre, 2012, Deep-water decapod crustaceans studied with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia (Crustacea: Decapoda), Zootaxa 3550, pp. 43-60 : 49-50

Family Palinuridae Latreille, 1802

Palinustus unicornutus Berry, 1979 . Stn 37, Eiao, 242 m ( Fig. 4 b).

Remarks. This species is rarely reported. For a long time it was known only from its type locality ( Natal, South Africa) but Chan & Yu (1995) and Richer de Forges & Laboute (1995) have indicated that it is widely distributed in the Indo-west Pacific. In French Polynesia it was already reported from the Tuamotu , 250 m ( Poupin 1996: 14, pl. 6f).

Puerulus sp. Chan et al. (in press). Stn 36, Eiao, 227 m ( Fig. 4 c–d). R/V Marara , trap, Tahuata, 320– 430m. Remarks. This species has been previously reported from the Marquesas as Puerulus angulatus (Bate, 1888) ( Poupin 1996: 14, pl. 6g). A morphological re-examination coupled with DNA sequencing has shown, however, that the Marquesan specimens belong to a new species nested within the Puerulus angulatus complex of species (Chan et al. in press)

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FIGURE 4. Lobsters photographed with ROV Super Achille: a) Enoplometopus crosnieri Chan & Yu, 1998, stn 16, Fatu Hiva, 204 m; b) Palinustus unicornutus Berry, 1979, stn 37, Eiao, 242 m; c – d) Puerulus sp. Chan et al. (in press), stn 36, Eiao, 227 m.