Borradaile, 1910

Diagnosis:
Two teeth between frontal horns and the cervical groove. Postorbital spine absent. Tubercles of carapace usually distinct and not obscured by the pubescense. Median keel of carapace with 3 postcervical and 2 (occasionally 3 or 4) intestinal teeth. Eyes small, longer than broad. Fifth pereiopod of male chelate.

Type:
Type locality: "Dredged in 125 fathoms off Saya de Malha bank", western Indian Ocean. Holotype in ZMC, lost. Neotypelocality: "N.E. of Ouro Point, southern Mozambique, approx. 26°50'S 33°00'E, depth 320 metres". Neotype male, selected by Berry (1969:240), in RMNH no. D. 25535.

Geographical Distribution:
Western Indian Ocean: Zanzibar, Mozambique, Natal (South Africa), Madagascar, Saya de Malha Bank.

Habitat and Biology:
Known from depths between 228 and 450 m; on soft substrates (sandy mud, or sand).

Size:
Maximum total body length: 18 cm (males), and 20 cm (females); maximum carapace length: 6.4 cm (males), and 7.4 cm (females); average total body length about 15 to 16 cm.

Interest to Fisheries:
Very slight at present. Although evidently occurring on trawlable bottoms, very few specimens have been accidentally taken by trawlers.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Order Decapoda
Suborder Macrura Reptantia
Superfamily Palinuroidea
Family Palinuridae
Genus Puerulus
Species Puerulus carinatus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Puerulus carinatus Borradaile, 1910

Scientific synonyms and common names

Puerulus carinatus Borradaile, 1910

Synonyms:
Puerulus carinatus Borradaile, 1910, Transactions Linnean Society London, (Zool.), (2)13: 261.

The species was synonymized with P. angulatus by Holthuis (1966: 267) but incorrectly so, as shown by Berry (1969).

FAO Names:
Red whip lobster [English]

Local Names:
MOZAMBIQUE: Lagosta carinada

Berry, P.F., 1969. Rediscovery of the spiny lobster Puerulus carinatus Borradaile (Decapoda, Palinuridea). Crustaceana, 17:239-252, text fig. 1, pls 1-3

Borradaile, L.A., 1910. Penaeidea, Stenopidea, and Reptantia from the western Indian Ocean. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr J. Stanley Gardiner. Transactions Linnean Society, London (Zool.), (2) 13:257-264, pl. 16

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