Panulirus echinatus   Smith, 1869

Brown spiny lobster

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Palinuridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 35 m (Ref. 4).  Tropical; 30°N - 21°S, 42°W - 5°W (Ref. 4)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 39.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 441); common length : 39.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4); common length :38 cm TL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 20.3 - 27.5, mean 27 (based on 129 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.