Justitia (genus)

Justitia; Temporal range: Lutetian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Achelata
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 longimanus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) – Recent

Justitia longimanus longimanus (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

Tin-Yam Chan (2010). "Justitia Holthuis, 1946". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
Tin-Yam Chan (2010). Martyn E. Y. Low and S. H. Tan (ed.). "Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea) and marine lobsters of the world" (PDF). Zootaxa. Suppl. 23: 153–181. |chapter= ignored (help)
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.

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[genus-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 and S. H. Tan (ed.). "Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea) and marine lobsters of the world" (PDF). Zootaxa. Suppl. 23: 153–181. |chapter= ignored (help)

[Garassino-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.