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Painted Spiny Lobster

Panulirus versicolor

2,238 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Indonesia.January 5, February 2, March 7, April 3, May 7, June 8, July 5, August 7, September 9, October 11, November 13, December 5.
Indonesia82
Australia40
Queensland28
India28
West Papua19
Andhra Pradesh14
Maluku13
Thailand12
Bali12
Philippines11

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilySpiny Lobsters · Palinuridae
GenusPanulirus

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