Florent's Guide To The

South Florida 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)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Achelata (Infraorder)
        └Palinuridae (Family)
         └Panulirus (Genus)
          └P. guttatus (Species)

Crustaceans
Spiny Lobsters

Spotted Spiny Lobster

Copper Lobster

Red Banded Lobster

Caribbean Spiny Lobster



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