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)
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