Spotted Spiny Lobster

Spotted Spiny Lobster
Name: Spotted Spiny Lobster
Scientific Name: Panulirus guttatus
Family: Spiny Lobsters
Taxonomic: Palinuridae
ID Group: Lobsters & Shrimps
Size: up to 18 in.
Depth Range: On the reef (10 – 60 ft.)
Sightings: Seen sometimes

This Lobster has a dark brown to purplish-black body covered with many small white spots. Its legs and tail ends in bright orange with dark stripes, and it has two long, spiny, dark-green antennae.