Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii Reefs

Red Banded Lobster
Justitia longimana
Red Banded Lobster
Also known as: Long-Handed Lobster, West Indian furrow lobster
Category: Spiny Lobsters
Scientific Name: Justitia longimana
Synonyms: Justitia longimanus
Size: 5 to 8 in. (12 to 20 cm)  
Depth: 40-600 ft. (12-180 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, South Florida, Bermuda, Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Achelata (Infraorder)
      └Palinuridae (Family)
       └Justitia (Genus)

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