Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Red Reef Lobster
Enoplometopus occidentalis
Red Reef Lobster
Category: Reef Lobsters
Scientific Name: Enoplometopus occidentalis
Size: Up to 5 in. (12 cm)  
Depth: 10-50 ft. (3-15 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Astacidea (Infraorder)
      └Enoplometopidae (Family)
       └Enoplometopus (Genus)
        └E. occidentalis (Species)

Crustaceans
Reef Lobsters

Red Reef Lobster



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