Panulirus argus

Panulirus argus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Palinuridae
Genus: Panulirus
Species:
P. argus
Binomial name
Panulirus argus
(Latreille, 1804)
Synonyms[2]
  • Palinurus argus Latreille, 1804
  • Palinurus ricordi Guérin-Méneville, 1836
  • Palinurus americanus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
Four spiny lobsters off the Florida coast

Panulirus argus, the Caribbean spiny lobster,[2] is a species of spiny lobster that lives on reefs and in mangrove swamps in the western Atlantic Ocean.

  1. ^ Butler, M.; Cockcroft, A.; MacDiarmid, A.; Wahle, R. (2011). "Panulirus argus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T169976A6697254. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T169976A6697254.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference MLW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).