Justitia (crustacean)

Justitia Temporal range: Lutetian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Justitia desmaresti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Palinuridae
Genus:	Justitia Holthuis, 1946[1]
Type species
Palinurus longimanus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837

Justitia is a genus of spiny lobsters. Following the recognition of Nupalirus as a separate genus, Justitia comprises one extant species and two fossil species:[2]

• Justitia longimana (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) – Recent

• Justitia longimana longimana (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) – western Atlantic
• Justitia longimana mauritiana (Miers, 1882) – Indo-Pacific

• † Justitia desmaresti (Massalongo, 1854) – late Ypresian or early Lutetian, Monte Bolca, Italy [3]
• † Justitia vicetina Beschin et al., 2001 – middle Lutetian, Chiampo, Vicenza, Italy [3]

References

1. Tin-Yam Chan (2010). "Justitia Holthuis, 1946". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
2. Tin-Yam Chan (2010). Martyn E. Y. Low; S. H. Tan (eds.). "Annotated checklist of the world's marine lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidea, Glypheidea, Achelata, Polychelida)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 23: 153–181. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16.
3. Alessandro Garassino & Antonio De Angeli (2003). "Justitia Holthuis, 1946 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palinuridea) from the Middle Eocene of Verona and Vicenza (northern Italy)". Contributions to Zoology. 72 (2/3): 131–132. doi:10.1163/18759866-0720203011.