Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Caribbean Spiny Lobster
Panulirus argus
Caribbean Spiny Lobster
Category: Spiny Lobsters
Scientific Name: Panulirus argus
Size: 6 in. to 2 ft.  
Depth: 3-200 ft. (1-60 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Achelata (Infraorder)
      └Palinuridae (Family)
       └Panulirus (Genus)

Crustaceans
Spiny Lobsters

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