Panulirus guttatus, Spotted spiny lobster : fisheries

Panulirus guttatus   (Latreille, 1804)

Spotted spiny lobster

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Palinuridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Revassocierade; djupintervall 0 - 23 m (Ref. 83922).  Tropical; 28°N - 6°N, 89°W - 55°W (Ref. 4)

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Atlantic: Caribbean Arc from Cuba to Trinidad, Los Roques.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 271); common length : 15.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 4)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

It has lengths of 20 cm, maximum total body length; 15 cm, common length (Ref. 4). Maximum depth range from Ref. 122059. Exclusively inhabits coral reefs (Ref. 106828). Also occurs in shallow waters and inhabits rocky areas, mainly in crevices (Ref. 4), seagrasses and rubble (Ref. 97531). Nocturnal omnivore (Ref. 106982).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Holthuis, L.B. 1991 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(13):292p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 4)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.7 - 28.3, mean 27.6 (based on 331 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.