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Scientific Name: Panulirus homarus Linnaeus, 1758
English Name: Scalloped spiny lobster
Local/Bangla Name: Lobster (লোবস্টার)
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palinuridae
Description:
It has a round carapace. The antennular peduncles are smaller than the antennular flagella. There is no rostrum. Each abdominal segment has a transverse groove which is sometimes interrupted in the center. First four pairs of legs do not have pincers.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Coast of Cox’s Bazar, Teknaf and Saint Martin’s Isands.
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Holthuis LB (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 Fisheries Synopsis. 125(13): 292 Pp.
