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Spiny lobsters, also known as langustas, langouste, or rock lobsters, are a family (Palinuridae) of about 60 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also, especially in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and the Bahamas, called crayfish , sea crayfish , or crawfish ("kreef" in South Africa ...
Panulirus longipes, the longlegged spiny lobster, is a species of spiny lobster that lives on shallow rocky and coral reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of " least concern ".
brown spiny lobster: tropical western Atlantic Ocean and central Atlantic Islands. Panulirus femoristriga (von Martens, 1872) stripe-leg spiny lobster: Indo-Pacific. Panulirus gracilis Streets, 1871: green spiny lobster: Eastern Pacific: From Baja California Sur to the west coast of Peru and the Galapagos Islands. Panulirus guttatus (Latreille ...
Panulirus argus, the Caribbean spiny lobster, [2] is a species of spiny lobster that lives on reefs and in mangrove swamps in the western Atlantic Ocean. Anatomy [ edit ]
Panulirus ornatus (known by a number of common names, including tropical rock lobster, [3] [4] ornate rock lobster, [5] ornate spiny lobster [2] and ornate tropical rock lobster [6]) is a large spiny lobster with 11 larval stages.
Panulirus penicillatus is a species of spiny lobster that lives on shallow rocky and coral reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. Common names for this spiny lobster include variegated crayfish, tufted spiny lobster, spiny lobster, Socorro spiny lobster, red lobster, pronghorn spiny lobster, golden rock lobster, double spined rock lobster and coral cray. [2]
Palinurus elephas is a common species of spiny lobster, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from southern Norway to Morocco and the Azores, [7] and in the Mediterranean Sea, except its eastern extremes. [3] It lives on rocky exposed coasts below the intertidal zone, [2] mainly at depths of 20 to 70 metres (66 to 230 ft).
Panulirus marginatus, also known as the Hawaiian spiny lobster, [2] banded spiny lobster, [3] or ula in Hawaiian, [4] is a species of spiny lobster in the family Palinuridae which is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is the subject of extensive commercial and recreational fisheries. [2]