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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palinuridae spiny lobsters

Genus: Panulirus

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21 species (see list below)
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FAO

Atlantic Ocean.
Max. Length 45 cm TL
Panulirus argus(Latreille, 1804)

Photo by FAO
 
Panulirus argus
[Caribbean spiny lobster]
No picture found
 
Panulirus brunneiflagellum
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Panulirus cygnusGeorge, 1962

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Panulirus cygnus
[Australian spiny lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 39 cm TL
 
Panulirus echinatus
[Brown spiny lobster]
No picture found
 
Panulirus femoristriga
[Stripe-leg spiny lobster]

FAO

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 32 cm TL
Panulirus gracilisStreets, 1871

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Panulirus gracilis
[Green spiny lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Panulirus guttatus
[Spotted spiny lobster]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 31 cm TL
Panulirus homarus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Panulirus homarus
[Scalloped spiny lobster]
No picture found
 
Panulirus inflatus
[Blue spiny lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 60 cm TL
 
Panulirus interruptus
[Mexican spiny loster]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Panulirus japonicus
[Japanese spiny lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 31 cm TL
 
Panulirus laevicauda
[Smoothtail spiny lobster]

Harasti, David

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm BL
Panulirus longipes(Milne-Edwards, 1868)

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Panulirus longipes
[Longlegged spiny lobster]
No picture found
 
Panulirus marginatus
[Banded spiny lobster]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Panulirus ornatus(Fabricius, 1798)

Photo by FAO
 
Panulirus ornatus
[Ornate spiny lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 25 cm TL
 
Panulirus pascuensis
[Easter Island spiny lobster]

Auscape International

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Panulirus penicillatus(Olivier, 1791)

Photo by Auscape International
 
Panulirus penicillatus
[Pronghorn spiny lobster]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Panulirus polyphagus(Herbst, 1793)

Photo by FAO
 
Panulirus polyphagus
[Mud spiny lobster]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 46 cm TL
Panulirus regiusDe Brito Capello, 1864

Photo by FAO
 
Panulirus regius
[Royal spiny lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 35 cm BL
 
Panulirus stimpsoni
[Chinese spiny lobster]

Tabaranza, Don Geoff

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Panulirus versicolor(Latreille, 1804)

Photo by Tabaranza, Don Geoff
 
Panulirus versicolor
[Painted spiny lobster]


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