Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Copper Lobster
Phyllamphion gundlachi
Copper Lobster
Also known as: Copper Furry Lobster Caribbean Furry Lobster
Category: Spiny Lobsters
Scientific Name: Phyllamphion gundlachi
Synonyms: Palinurellus gundlachi
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, South Florida
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Achelata (Infraorder)
      └Palinuridae (Family)
       └Phyllamphion (Genus)

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