Stripe-legged Spiny Lobster

Panulirus femoristriga

Also known as: Bluespot Rock Lobster, Rock Lobster, Stripeleg Spiny Lobster, White Whisker Spiny Lobster, White Whiskered Coral Crayfish

ALSO KNOWN AS

Bluespot Rock Lobster
Rock Lobster
Stripeleg Spiny Lobster
White Whisker Spiny Lobster
White Whiskered Coral Crayfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2011

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Stripe-legged Spiny Lobster adult, photographed at Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa, Maldives — @fishx6 · Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa, Maldives · August 20061 / 4

Overview

Found singly, hiding in caves, crevices, and holes in rocks during the day, out at night foraging for food, over shallow, clear water, reef plateau's and seaward reefs, sometimes in surf zones.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans, detritus, and invertebrates.

Lobsters live in caves and crevices during the day, often several together, coming out at night to feed.
Sometimes caught in the torches of divers where they scuttle off back into the dark.
They do not have true claws, the soft and flexible tail is used for swimming rapidly backwards, for short distances to get away from danger.
Spiny lobsters are caught in baited lobster pots for gourmet dining.

How to identify

COLOURS

Pattern: ocellated spot spots white spots
Body shape: antennae warts
Behaviour: hides nocturnal shelters in caves shelters in crevices solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Range · Indo-West Pacific
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LIVES IN

Found singly, hiding in caves, crevices, and holes in rocks during the day, out at night foraging for food, over shallow, clear water, reef plateau's and seaward reefs, sometimes in surf zones.

RANGE