Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Painted Spiny Lobster
Panulirus versicolor
Painted Spiny Lobster
Category: Spiny Lobsters
Scientific Name: Panulirus versicolor
Synonyms: Palinurus versicolor
Size: Up to 16 in. (40 cm)  
Depth: 10-60 ft. (3-18 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Achelata (Infraorder)
        └Palinuridae (Family)
         └Panulirus (Genus)
          └P. versicolor (Species)

Crustaceans
Spiny Lobsters

Painted Spiny Lobster

Red Banded Lobster

Stripe-Leg Spiny Lobster

Banded Spiny Lobster

Pronghorn Spiny Lobster



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