Wolfram Sander, reefcolors.com
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(Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
The Hawaiiian spiny lobster is endemic to the Hawaiiian Islands including Pearl and Hermes Reef, and Laysan Island.
The nocturnal species hides during the day in caves or under ledges, then emerge at night to hunt slow-moving mollusks, crustaceans and echinoderms.
Eating whatever's available, including dead fish, they help to keep our reefs clean.
Another threat to Hawaiiian spiny lobsters is the collection of colorful juveniles for home aquariums.
Synonym:
Palinurus marginatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Macrura Reptantia (Suborder) > Achelata (Infraorder) > Palinuridae (Family) > Panulirus (Genus)
The Hawaiiian spiny lobster is endemic to the Hawaiiian Islands including Pearl and Hermes Reef, and Laysan Island.
The nocturnal species hides during the day in caves or under ledges, then emerge at night to hunt slow-moving mollusks, crustaceans and echinoderms.
Eating whatever's available, including dead fish, they help to keep our reefs clean.
Another threat to Hawaiiian spiny lobsters is the collection of colorful juveniles for home aquariums.
Synonym:
Palinurus marginatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Macrura Reptantia (Suborder) > Achelata (Infraorder) > Palinuridae (Family) > Panulirus (Genus)
