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Typical Spiny Lobsters
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Typical Spiny Lobsters

Panulirus

Panulirus is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae, including those species which have long flagella on their first antennae.

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22 branches of this genus, most-observed first

California Spiny Lobster

speciesPanulirus interruptus

Caribbean Spiny Lobster

speciesPanulirus argus

Painted Spiny Lobster

speciesPanulirus versicolor

Pronghorn Spiny Lobster

speciesPanulirus penicillatus

Blue spiny lobster

speciesPanulirus inflatus

Spotted Spiny Lobster

speciesPanulirus guttatus

Green Spiny Lobster

speciesPanulirus gracilis

Ornate Spiny Lobster

speciesPanulirus ornatus

East Coast Rock Lobster

speciesPanulirus homarus

longlegged spiny lobster

speciesPanulirus longipes

Western Rock Lobster

speciesPanulirus cygnus

Chinese spiny lobster

speciesPanulirus stimpsoni

Banded Spiny Lobster

speciesPanulirus marginatus

Royal spiny lobster

speciesPanulirus regius

Smoothtail Spiny Lobster

speciesPanulirus laevicauda

mud spiny lobster

speciesPanulirus polyphagus

White Whisker Spiny Lobster

speciesPanulirus femoristriga

Japanese Spiny Lobster

speciesPanulirus japonicus

Brown spiny lobster

speciesPanulirus echinatus

Panulirus meripurpuratus

speciesPanulirus meripurpuratus

Easter Island Spiny Lobster

speciesPanulirus pascuensis

Ogasawara Spiny Lobster

speciesPanulirus brunneiflagellum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47300.