Philippines (Anilao) Lobsters (Palinuridae, Enoplometopidae, Scyllariidae)

This page links to photos of lobsters and their relatives we have personally seen on several dives trip to the Anilao area of the Philippines. It does not completely cover all the species known from that area.

Measurements were rarely taken in the field and animals were not collected, so any sizes given are usually very rough eyeball estimates often based on distant memories, and are provided only as a general guideline of what to look for. Estimated lengths include the body from head to tail, but generally not the anterior appendages.

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Enoplometopidae


Enoplometopus occidentalis


Hoplometopus holthuisi

Palinuridae


Panulirus versicolor

Scyllariidae


Biarctus vitiensis

Chelarctus cultrifer meridionalis

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