Furry lobster: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the furry lobster lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Palinurellus gundlachi
Group	Crabs, lobsters & shrimps
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia
Class	Crustacean
Order	Decapoda
Family	Synaxidae

Where does the furry lobster live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the furry lobster in 3 countries and territories across Africa and Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the furry lobster endangered?

The furry lobster’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the furry lobster?

The furry lobster (Palinurellus gundlachi) is a crustacean in the order Decapoda and the family Synaxidae, genus Palinurellus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the furry lobster

Furry lobsters (sometimes called coral lobsters) are small decapod crustaceans, closely related to slipper lobsters and spiny lobsters. The antennae are not as enlarged as in spiny and slipper lobsters, and the body is covered in short hairs, hence the name furry lobster. Although previously considered a family in their own right (Synaxidae Spence Bate, 1881), the furry lobsters were subsumed into the family Palinuridae in 1990. Subsequent molecular phylogenetics studies have confirmed that the furry lobsters genera don't form a natural group and were both nested among the spiny lobster genera in family Palinuridae. That family now includes the two furry lobster genera and ten spiny lobster genera.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Furry lobster (revision 1354823088), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1470059 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).