Panulirus stimpsoni   Holthuis, 1963

Chinese spiny lobster

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

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Palinuridae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 40 m (Ref. 122059).  Tropical; 32°N - 10°N, 99°E - 123°E (Ref. 4)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 35.0 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 346); common length : 28.0 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4); common length :16 cm BL (female)

Short description Morphology

A medium to large-sized crustacean. Body is greenish-brown, covered with hairs and well-developed spines. Eyes are brownish-black, with brown yellowish-white markings. Pereiopods are lined with a yellowish-white stripe which expands at the joints. Antennae long and thick, resembling a whip. Telson is flat, with a well-developed fan.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

It has lengths of 16 to 28 cm (male) and 13 to 16 cm (female), total body length; 6.5 to 10.5 (male) and 5 to 6.5 (female), carapace length (Ref. 4).

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 2024-1)

  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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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.