A collection of lobsters, of the genus Justitia, from French Polynesia, has been studied and compared with other specimens from the Indo-Pacific and West Atlantic. The diagnosis of Justitia is revised and a key to the species is given. Four species are recognized: J. longimanus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), from the Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific; J. japonica (Kubo, 1955), from the Indo-Pacific; J. chani sp. nov. from Japan, Taiwan and New Caledonia ; and J. vericeli sp . nov. from the Tuamotu. Within the genus, J. japonica, J. chani, and J. vericeli form a group of three closely related species, referred to here as the J. japonica group.
以從法屬故里尼西亞所採集的標本,與其他印度-西太平洋及大西洋西部的標本,對正龍蝦屬(Justitia)作一分類檢討,此屬共可區分四個種:即分布於大西洋西部、印度洋和太平洋的長臂正龍蝦(J. longimanus(H . Milne Edwards, 1837)),印度洋及太平洋產的日本龍蝦(J. japonica(Kubo, 1955)),產於日本、台灣的新喀里多尼亞的新命名種陳氏正龍蝦(J. chani sp. nov.),和僅發現於土木土群島的另一新命名種窩氏正龍蝦(J. vericel isp. nov.),後三種的外部形態特徵十分相近,可歸為一日本正龍蝦集群(J. japonica group)。本報告亦有提供此屬的檢索以利各種的鑑別。