Malacostraca | 
Decapoda | 
Palinuridae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 1 - 180 m (Ref. 122680).  Tropical; 28°N -   16°N, 178°W -   152°W (Ref. 4)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Eastern Central Pacific:   Endemic to Hawaii.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Carapace length:  12 cm (Ref. 4). Occurs from depths down to 143 m, but usually in shallow water, in well protected places on a rocky substrate, under rocks and rock crevices (Ref. 4).  Also found under ledges (Ref. 122680).  Nocturnal (Ref. 4).  Feeds across sandy bottom areas that are next to reefs.  Healthy coral reefs are important habitat.  Carnivorous and feeds at night on mollusks, echinoderms, crustaceans and fish (Ref. 122680).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric.  Mating behavior:  Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.  				
			
			
			
			
			
				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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				Fisheries: commercial			
			
			
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