Tags: Crustacean.

The California spiny lobster Panulirus interruptus is a species of spiny lobster found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Monterey Bay California to the Gulf of Tehuantepec Mexico. It typically grows to a length of 30 cm (12 in) and is a reddish-brown color with stripes along the legs and has a pair of enlarged antennae but no claws.

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binomial authority
John Witt Randall
class
Malacostraca
conservation status
LC
conservation status system
iucn3.1
family
Spiny lobster
genus
Panulirus
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Achelata
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean
synonym
Palinurus interruptus (J. W. Randall 1840)

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