Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Banded Spiny Lobster
Panulirus marginatus
Banded Spiny Lobster
Category: Spiny Lobsters
Scientific Name: Panulirus marginatus
Size: up to 16 in. (40 cm)  
Depth: 10-200 ft. (3-60 m)
Distribution: Hawaii (Endemic)
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Achelata (Infraorder)
        └Palinuridae (Family)
         └Panulirus (Genus)
          └P. marginatus (Species)

Crustaceans
Spiny Lobsters

Banded Spiny Lobster

Pronghorn Spiny Lobster

Painted Spiny Lobster

Copper Lobster

Red Banded Lobster

Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Stripe-Leg Spiny Lobster

Spotted Spiny Lobster

Blue Spiny Lobster



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