Panulirus ornatus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the panulirus ornatus lives – recorded in 7 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Panulirus ornatus
Group	Crabs, lobsters & shrimps
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	7 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Oceania
Class	Crustacean
Order	Decapoda
Family	Palinuridae

Where does the panulirus ornatus live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the panulirus ornatus in 7 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Oceania.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the panulirus ornatus endangered?

The panulirus ornatus’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the panulirus ornatus?

The panulirus ornatus (Panulirus ornatus) is a crustacean in the order Decapoda and the family Palinuridae, genus Panulirus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the panulirus ornatus

Panulirus ornatus (known by a number of common names, including tropical rock lobster, ornate rock lobster, ornate spiny lobster and ornate tropical rock lobster) is a large spiny lobster with 11 larval stages.

Panulirus ornatus has a wide geographical range in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and KwaZulu-Natal in the west to Japan and Fiji in the east. These lobsters can be found at shallow depths, typically no deeper than 50 m. In most parts of its range, the lobster is netted or speared, while in Northeast Australia, a commercial fishery has existed since 1966 and the harvesting of the species is regulated by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The species now also occurs in the Mediterranean, having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Panulirus ornatus (revision 1369795977), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2246660 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).