Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Banded Spiny Lobster
Panulirus marginatus
Banded Spiny Lobster
Category: Spiny Lobsters
Scientific Name: Panulirus marginatus
Size: up to 16 in. (40 cm)  
Depth: 10-200 ft. (3-60 m)
Distribution: Hawaii (Endemic)
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Achelata (Infraorder)
      └Palinuridae (Family)
       └Panulirus (Genus)

Crustaceans
Spiny Lobsters

Banded Spiny Lobster

Pronghorn Spiny Lobster

Painted Spiny Lobster

Red Banded Lobster

Stripe-Leg Spiny Lobster



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