Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Achelata (Infraorder)
      └Palinuridae (Family)
       └Panulirus (Genus)

Crustaceans
Spiny Lobsters

Painted Spiny Lobster

Red Banded Lobster

Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Stripe-Leg Spiny Lobster

Spotted Spiny Lobster

Blue Spiny Lobster

Banded Spiny Lobster

Pronghorn Spiny Lobster



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