Species
Longlegged Spiny Lobster
Panulirus longipes
Tier 5light tackle
0 waypoints12–21 cm (max 30 cm) typical
Overview: about longlegged spiny lobster
Nocturnal reef predator found on shallow coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. Target with baited traps or by hand in 1-50m, often at night when they're most active. Not typically targeted for food, but can be a bycatch for anglers fishing reef edges.
Biology: Longlegged Spiny Lobster size, diet & habitat
- Habitat
- Reef
- Typical size
- 12–21 cm (max 30 cm)
- Diet
- molluscs and other bottom-dwelling invertebrates and defends itself by producing audible sounds whose characteristics have been analysed by Meyer-Rochow
- Most active
- nocturnal
- Global range
- Indo-Pacific
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