Panulirus homarus, Scalloped spiny lobster : fisheries

Panulirus homarus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scalloped spiny lobster

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Palinuridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 1 - 90 m (Ref. 9773), usually 1 - 5 m.  Tropical, preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); 35°N - 30°S, 31°E - 169°E (Ref. 4)

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Japan, probably the Marquesas Archipelago.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm 4.3  range ? - ? cm Max length : 31.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 4); common length : 25.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 4)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

It has lengths of 31 cm, maximum total body length; 20 to 25 cm, average total body length; 12 cm, carapace length (Ref. 4). Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 9773. Inhabits shallow waters at depths between 1 and 90 m, mostly between 1 and 5 m; among rocks, often in the surf zone, sometimes in somewhat turbid water (Also Ref. 9773). It is gregarious and nocturnal (Refs. 4, 9773). Forms groups, taking shelter in and around rocks and crevices. Omnivorous scavenger with a preference for mussels. Juveniles favor feeding on barnacles (Ref. 9773).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Brood and pelagic duration period lasts 1.5 (Ref. 81135) and 5 months (Ref. 81163), respectively.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Holthuis, L.B. 1991 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(13):292p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 4)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
FAO - Vattenbruk: species profile; fiskeri: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Vattenbruk: species profile; fiskeri: ; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25 - 29.2, mean 28.5 (based on 3549 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.
Nutrients :  Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.