Banded Whip Lobster
Puerulus angulatus
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
- Puerulus
Where to Find
Found in 8 diving areas across 6 countries and 4 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 12 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 3 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 3 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 2 records