Pronghorn Spiny Lobster
Panulirus penicillatus
Category: Crabs & Lobsters
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Palinuridae
- Genus
- Panulirus
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 14 countries and 7 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 11 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 11 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 2 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 1 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 63 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 4 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 61 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 4 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 3 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 16 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 3 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 8799 records