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Crustaceans

Painted Rock Lobster

Panulirus versicolor

Also known as: Bamboo Lobster, Blue Lobster, Blue Spiny Lobster, Common Rock Lobster, Marine Crayfish, Painted Coral Lobster, Painted Crayfish, Painted Lobster, Painted Spiny Lobster, Porcelain Crayfish, Rock Lobster, Striped Crayfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2011
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@fishx6 · Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives · August 20061 / 4

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Overview

Juveniles often found wedged in corals with just the antenna showing.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Body shape
antennae

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 4
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 4

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumArthropoda
    3. classMalacostraca
    4. orderDecapoda
    5. familyPalinuridae
    6. genusPanulirus
    7. speciesPanulirus versicolor (Latreille, 1804)

    SourcesWoRMSWikipedia

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