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Pronghorn spiny lobster
Panulirus penicillatus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 210358, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Pronghorn spiny lobster
- Scientific
- Panulirus penicillatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Lobsters
- Maximum size
- Up to about 40 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 200 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
The pronghorn spiny lobster is a spiny lobster of wave-exposed reef fronts, dark green to brown with pale spots and banded legs. It shelters in crevices by day and forages at night in the surf zone.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Panulirus-penicillatus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210358
- inaturalist.org /taxa/108367
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Panulirus_penicillatus.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.