Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Spotted Spiny Lobster
Panulirus guttatus
Spotted Spiny Lobster
Category: Spiny Lobsters
Scientific Name: Panulirus guttatus
Size: 5 to 18 in. (13 to 45 cm)  
Depth: 6-75 ft. (2-23 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

Spotted Spiny Lobster

Red Banded Lobster

Caribbean Spiny Lobster



All Photographs
© 2025 Florent Charpin