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Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804)
Painted spiny lobster| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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| Panulirus versicolor AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS |
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Malacostraca | Decapoda | Palinuridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 900 m (Ref. 4). Tropical; 35°N - 32°S, 31°E - 134°W (Ref. 4)
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Indo-Pacific: from South Africa to Hawaii, including Red Sea and Persian Gulf, from Japan to Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 7.8, range 8 - ? cm Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4)
Minimum depth from Ref. 96667. It has a maximum total body length of 40 cm, and an average length less than 30 cm (Ref. 4). Maximum depth from Ref. 105426. It occurs in shallow water, from the sublittoral down to 15 m; in coral reef areas, often on seaward edges of the reef plateau; in clear water also in surf areas. The species is nocturnal and not gregarious; in daytime, it hides in crevices and cavities of the rocks (Refs. 4, 9773). 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). Feeds on bivalve mollusks and sea urchins (Ref. 9773).
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)
Least Concern (LC) ; 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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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 9.8 - 22.9, mean 15.4 (based on 644 cells).
Resilience
(Ref. 69278):
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.27; tm=3).
Prior r = 1.19, 95% CL = 0.79 - 1.79, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
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.