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Furry lobster

Family of crustaceans

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A blind furry lobster ( Palinurellus gundlachi ) in its burrow.
NURC/UNCW and NOAA/FGBNMS · Public domain

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Taxonomy

There are two genera, with three species between them:

  • Phyllamphion elegans Reinhardt, 1849 – mole lobster, with an Indo-Pacific distribution
  • Phyllamphion gundlachi (Von Martens, 1878) – Caribbean furry lobster, found in the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic coast of South America; named for Juan Gundlach
  • Palibythus magnificus P. J. F. Davie, 1990 – musical furry lobster, from the South Pacific (originally described from Samoa)

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