Panulirus laevicauda, Smoothtail spiny lobster : fisheries

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Panulirus laevicauda (Latreille, 1817)

Smoothtail spiny lobster

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Palinuridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 53 m (Ref. 101593). Tropical; 33°N - 24°S, 89°W - 32°W (Ref. 107482)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic: Bermuda and Florida to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, including Yucatan and the Caribbean Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 31.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 271); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4)

West Central Atlantic; Southwest Atlantic: Western Atlantic; Bermuda and Florida to E. Brazil, including Yucatan and the Caribbean Sea. 31 cm, maximum total body length; 20 cm, common length. Occurs in coastal waters down to 50 m with rock or coral substrate (Ref. 4). Minimum depth range from Ref. 122059. Inhabits coastal waters with rock or coral substrates (Ref. 4). On rubble (Ref. 97531). Requires calcareous substrate with algae and gravel (Ref. 81730). Scarce and generally found in reef habitats (Ref. 104228). Coexists with Panulirus argus (Ref. 102863) but little competition is likely to occur between the two (Ref. 104228). In general, palinurids are mainly considered carnivores, usually feeding upon sluggish, easily captured animals where most material is eaten alive or freshly killed (Ref. 105260).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.4 - 28.1, mean 27.4 (based on 136 cells).

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

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