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Ornate spiny lobster
Panulirus ornatus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 107706, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Ornate spiny lobster
- Scientific
- Panulirus ornatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Lobsters
- Maximum size
- Up to about 50 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
The ornate spiny lobster is one of the largest spiny lobsters, with a blue-green shell, bold dark and pale banded legs and a patterned head. It lives on reefs and sandy slopes and is active at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: literature records via OBIS; SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Panulirus-ornatus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107706
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:CSIRO_ScienceImage_2518_Ornate_Lobster.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.