Jasus lalandii
| Jasus lalandii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Palinuridae |
| Genus: | Jasus |
| Species: | J. lalandii |
| Binomial name | |
| Jasus lalandii (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Palinurus lalandii H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 | |
Jasus lalandii, the Cape rock lobster or West Coast rock lobster or South African rock lobster, is a species of spiny lobster found off the coast of Southern Africa. It is not known whom the specific epithet lalandii commemorates, although it may the French naturalist and taxonomer Pierre Antoine Delalande.
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