Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Palinura for Cameroon (Central Africa)

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Checklist for Infraorder Palinura Scholtz & Richter, 1995
and region Cameroon (Central Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	75 154 272	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	75 154 272	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	48 104 194	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	48 104 194	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	45 98 186	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Palinura Scholtz & Richter, 1995	2 5 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Cameroon
2 Families width 8 Species

Scyllaridae (Latreille, 1825)	Shovel-nosed lobsters	4	Species	Taxom
Palinuridae Latreille, 1802	Crawfish	4	Species	Taxom

Genera for Cameroon
5 Genera with 8 Species

Species list for Cameroon
8 Species

Acantharctus posteli Forest, 1963
Palinurus rissoni
Palinurus rissonii (de Brito Cap..., 1864)	⇒ Panulirus regius de Brito Cap..., 1864
Panulirus argus Latreille, 1804	Caribbean spiny lobster
Panulirus regius de Brito Cap..., 1864	Blue crawfis
Scyllarides herklotsii Herklots, 1851	Red slipper lobster
Scyllarus herklotsii Herklots, 1851
Scyllarus posteli (Forest, 1963)	⇒ Acantharctus posteli Forest, 1963

Subnodes of Palinura with occurrences in Cameroon

Superfamily

2
5
8

Families
Genera
Species

Links, sources and further information

Palinura at marinespecies.org