Panulirus guttatus Spotted Spiny Lobster

Panulirus guttatus is commonly referred to as Spotted Spiny Lobster. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6998 

AphiaID:

382896 

Scientific:

Panulirus guttatus 

German:

Fleckenlanguste 

English:

Spotted Spiny Lobster 

Category:

Spiny Lobsters 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palinuridae (Family) > Panulirus (Genus) > guttatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Latreille, ), 1804 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Barbados, Belize, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Haiti, Honduras, Jordan, Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 23 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Lagoons, Rock crevices, Rocky reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 

Size:

5.91" - 7.87" (15cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

26,7 °F - 28,3 °F (26,7°C - 28,3°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Crustaceans, omnivore, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Snails 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Panulirus argus
  Karibische Languste
• 
  Panulirus cygnus
  Australische Languste
• 
  Panulirus echinatus
  Braune Languste
• 
  Panulirus femoristriga
  Weißfühler-Schmucklanguste
• 
  Panulirus gracilis
  Grüne Languste
• 
  Panulirus guttatus
  Fleckenlanguste
• 
  Panulirus homarus
  Kamm-Languste
• 
  Panulirus inflatus
  Blaue Languste
• 
  Panulirus interruptus
  Kalifornische Languste, Kalifornische Felsenlanguste
• 
  Panulirus japonicus
  Japanische Languste
• Panulirus laevicauda
• 
  Panulirus longipes
  Langbeinige Stachel Languste
• 
  Panulirus marginatus
  Languste
• 
  Panulirus ornatus
  Schmuck-Languste
• Panulirus pascuensis
• 
  Panulirus penicillatus
  Antilopen-Languste
• Panulirus polyphagus
• Panulirus regius
• Panulirus stimpsoni
• 
  Panulirus versicolor
  Vielfarbige Languste
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-04-12 20:20:41 

Last edit:

2025-07-24 13:29:25 

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