Elaeis Elaeis Elaeis () is a genus of palms containing two species, called oil palms. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African oil palm "Elaeis guineensis" (the species name "guineensis" referring to its country of origin) is the principal source of palm oil. It is native to west and southwest Africa, occurring between Angola and Gambia. The American oil palm "Elaeis oleifera" () is native to tropical Central and South America, and is used locally for oil production. Mature palms are single-stemmed, and can grow well over tall. The leaves are pinnate, and reach
Arctides guineensis Arctides guineensis Arctides guineensis is a species of slipper lobster which lives in the Bermuda Triangle. It is known in Bermuda as the small Spanish lobster, a name which is also favoured by the FAO. "Arctides guineensis" reaches a maximum length of , or a carapace length of . "A. guineensis" was described in 1799, making it one of the first slipper lobsters to be described, and only the second from the Western Atlantic (after "Scyllarides aequinoctialis" in 1793). The Hawaiian species "Arctides regalis" was previously considered to belong to the same species as "A. guineensis", but the two differ