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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 ]
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 ...
mud spiny lobster: tropical Indo-Pacific region. Panulirus regius De Brito Capello, 1864: royal spiny lobster: Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Panulirus stimpsoni Holthuis, 1963: Chinese spiny lobster: Indo-West Pacific Panulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804) painted rock lobster, common rock lobster, bamboo lobster, blue lobster, and ...
4 Spiny lobsters and allies. 5 Axiidea and Gebiidea. ... Palinurus elephas – European spiny lobster; ... Metanephrops binghami – Caribbean lobster;
Panulirus guttatus, the spotted spiny lobster or Guinea chick lobster, is a species of spiny lobster that lives on shallow rocky reefs in the tropical West Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. Description [ edit ]
Like other spiny lobsters, Panulirus echinatus has no pincer-like chelae on its front walking legs. It differs from related species by having just two large spines on the antennular plate, just in front of the carapace, and the exopod of the third feeding appendage is reduced and bears no flagellum. The basic colour is brown with large white ...
Palinurus is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae, native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and western Indian Ocean. A 110-million-year-old fossil, recognisable as a member of the genus Palinurus, was discovered in a quarry in El Espinal in Mexico's Chiapas state in 1995 and named P. palaciosi.
Palinurus charlestoni is a species of spiny lobster which is endemic to the waters of Cape Verde.It grows to a total length of 50 cm (20 in) and can be distinguished from other Atlantic species in the genus by the pattern of horizontal bands on its legs.