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White whisker spiny lobster
Panulirus femoristriga
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 382894, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- White whisker spiny lobster
- Scientific
- Panulirus femoristriga
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Lobsters
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 35 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A spiny lobster with a dark, white-spotted shell that shelters in crevices on reefs by day and feeds at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Panulirus-femoristriga.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382894
- inaturalist.org /taxa/108356
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Panulirus_femoristriga_(10.3897-BDJ.10.e77973)_Figure_2.png
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.