Marshall Islands Lobsters (Palinuridae, Enoplometopidae, Scyllariidae)

This page links to photos of lobsters and their relatives from Kwajalein.

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 daumi


Enoplometopus debelius

Enoplometopus occidentalis

Hoplometopus holthuisi

Palinuridae


Justitia longimana

Panulirus femoristriga

Panulirus penicillatus

Panulirus versicolor

Phyllamphion elegans

Scyllariidae


Biarctus vitiensis

Crenarctus bicuspidatus

Parribacus antarcticus

Scyllariidae spp.

Scyllariidae spp.

A few we've seen in other areas


Hawaiian Islands

Anilao, Philippines

Bali, Indonesia

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