Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Blue Spiny Lobster
Panulirus inflatus
Blue Spiny Lobster
Category: Spiny Lobsters
Scientific Name: Panulirus inflatus
Size: Up to 10 in. (25 cm)  
Depth: 3-100 ft. (1-30 m)
Distribution: Gulf of California, Pacific Coast of Mexico
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Achelata (Infraorder)
      └Palinuridae (Family)
       └Panulirus (Genus)

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