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Panulirus echinatus
Panulirus echinatus Smith, 1869
Brown spiny lobster
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Family:  Palinuridae (spiny lobsters)
Max. size:  39 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 35 m
Distribution:  Atlantic Ocean.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Total body length: 7 to 39 cm (male); 5 to 38 (female). Carapace length: 3 to 19 cm (male); 2 to 15 cm (female); 5 to 10 cm (ovigerous females; Ref. 4). Occurs at depths from 0 to 35 m, but usually not deeper than 25 m and lives in crevices in rocks, among boulders (Ref. 4). Prefers offshore regions (Ref. 81730). Nocturnal (Ref. 4). Generalist feeder (Ref. 101626).
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 03 December 2009 Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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