Comprehensive Description
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Panulirus penicillatus (Olivier, 1791)
Astacus penicillatus Olivier, 1791:343.
Panulirus penicillatus (Olivier).—Holthuis, 1946:125.—Holthuis and Loesch, 1967:217. pl. 8.
MATERIAL.—None, the species was identified from color slides.
MEASUREMENTS.—Cl 91–137 mm (Holthuis and Loesch, 1967).
DISTRIBUTION.—This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific region: Red Sea, Southeast Africa to Korea, Formosa, and Polynesia. In the eastern Pacific it occurs at Revillagigedo Islands, Clipperton Island, Cocos Island, Galapagos Island (Holthuis and Loesch, 1967), and now is reported from Malpelo Island. It has not been found on the western American mainland.
- bibliographic citation
- Graham, Jeffrey B. 1975. "The Biological investigation of Malpelo Island, Colombia." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-98. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.176
