Panulirus homarus

Tags: Crustacean.

Panulirus homarus is a species of spiny lobster that lives along the coasts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It lives in shallow water and feeds on the brown mussel Perna perna. It typically grows to a length of 20–25 cm (7.9–9.8 in). Alongside the dark green nominate subspecies two red subspecies are recognised one around the Arabian Peninsula and one around southern Africa. It is the subject of small-scale fishery.

binomial authority

Carl Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae

class

Malacostraca

conservation status

LC

conservation status system

iucn3.1

family

Spiny lobster

genus

Panulirus

kingdom

Animal

order

Decapoda

phylum

Arthropod, Crustacean

synonym

*, *Astacus homarus (Linnaeus 1758), *Cancer homarus (Linnaeus 1758), *Palinurus burgeri (De Haan 1841), *Palinurus dasypus (H. Milne-Edwards 1837), *Palinurus homarus (Linnaeus 1758), *Palinurus spinosus (H. Milne-Edwards 1837), *Panulirus buergeri (De Haan 1841), *Panulirus dasypus (H. Milne-Edwards 1837), *Senex dasypus (H. Milne-Edwards 1837)