Common Spiny Lobster
Palinurus elephas
Category: Crabs & Lobsters
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Palinuridae
- Genus
- Palinurus
Where to Find
Found in 21 diving areas across 11 countries and 1 regions.
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 23 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 20 records
- Corsica, France - 80 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 72 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 17 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 19 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 146 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 79 records
- Ustica, Italy - 8 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 5 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 4 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 9 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 3 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 6 records
- Bodrum, Turkey - 2 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 19 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 3 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 19 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 3 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 20 records