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Longlegged spiny lobster
Panulirus longipes
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 210354, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Longlegged spiny lobster
- Scientific
- Panulirus longipes
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Lobsters
- Maximum size
- Up to about 30 cm (length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 122 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
The longlegged spiny lobster has a spotted shell and long legs with pale spots and stripes. It shelters in crevices by day and feeds at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: literature records via OBIS. Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Panulirus-longipes.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210354
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Panulirus_longipes_by_OpenCage.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.