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Tropical Rock Lobster Collection Image, Figure 1, Total 6 Figures
Tropical Rock Lobster Collection Image, Figure 2, Total 6 Figures
Tropical Rock Lobster Collection Image, Figure 3, Total 6 Figures
Tropical Rock Lobster Collection Image, Figure 4, Total 6 Figures
Tropical Rock Lobster Collection Image, Figure 5, Total 6 Figures
Tropical Rock Lobster Collection Image, Figure 6, Total 6 Figures
Tropical Rock Lobster
  • species_info
    • english title:Tropical Rock Lobster
    • scientific_name:Panulirus ornatus
    • DIVISION:Arthropoda
    • subphylum:Crustacea
    • class:Malacostraca
    • orders:Decapoda
    • family:Palinuridae
    • genus:Panulirus
    • species:ornatus
    • scientific_name_pub_year:1798
    • scientific_name_pub_doc:(Fabricius, 1798)
    • species_author:Fabricius
    • common name
      • common name english:Ornate Tropical Rock Lobster
  • collection_content
    • collection_info
      • quantity:1
    • collection_record
      • catalog no:TMCD000001
      • CAT_NO:CR.0001
  • gdesc_info
    • GDESC:  頭胸甲方形,前半部及鰓區具粗糙顆粒及斜行斷斷續續顆粒隆線。額寬,向下彎,額後有四葉突出。前側緣鋒銳,眼窩外齒銳三角形,指向前方,眼窩外齒之後具一模糊齒痕。螯足左右等大,雄螯較雌螯大,掌部背緣近可動指基部有兩條斜向梳狀櫛,可動指背緣列生7~9個較大突起圓顆粒。步足長節相對寬扁。整體呈黑褐色,頭胸甲前半部常雜有黃色斑,螯足掌部及兩指為紅褐色。
        廣分布於印度-西太平洋。為臺灣海岸常見種。穴居於河口域泥灘或岸邊,尤其紅樹林根部及泥灘地的大卵石下,常大量群居,亦可攀爬紅樹林樹幹。獵食性強,常會攻擊捕食其他小動物,甚至同類及自己的幼蟹。