Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Palinuridae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 0 - 155 m (Ref. 4).  Subtropical, preferred 14°C (Ref. 107945); 26°S -   47°S, 146°E -   173°W (Ref. 4)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-West Pacific.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm 15.5, range 14 - ? cm Max length : 61.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 89420); common length : 30.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 89420)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Carapace length:  25 cm; total body length:  38 to 56 cm and carapace lengths:  16 to 24 cm (ovigerous females) (Ref. 4). Inhabits substrates of sand, gravel or rocks.  Smaller specimens seem to be more frequent on rocky bottoms (Ref. 4).  Phyllosomas are opportunistic predators.  Early stage phyllosomas are suited to ingest soft prey such as polychaete worms, medusae and ctenophores, while later stages may consume fish larvae and mussel flesh.  In general, lobsters are opportunistic feeders, consuming a variety of sessile invertebrates (Ref. 105202).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Females are ovigerous from late September to January (Ref. 4).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Holthuis, L.B. 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 Fish. Synop. 125(13):292p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 4)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: commercial			
			
			
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  PhysiologyOxygen consumption
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 14.5 - 21.6, mean 15.8 (based on 108 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).					
				
						
							
					
						Climate Vulnerability  					
					
					Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).				
						
			
			
			
				Nutrients  :  Calcium = 109 [35, 184]  mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97]  mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386]  g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3]  μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40]  mg/100g (wet weight); based on 
nutrient studies.