Panulirus echinatus Smith, 1869

Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De, Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia & Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves, 2007, Stomatopod and decapod crustaceans from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil, Zootaxa 1553, pp. 1-45 : 21

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.178168
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6249181
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scientific name	Panulirus echinatus Smith, 1869
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Panulirus echinatus Smith, 1869 View in CoL

Material examined: 1m, 03/V/2003 (CrUESB#492).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – Brazil (St Paul’s Rocks, Rocas Atoll, Fernando de Noronha, Trindade, and from Ceará to Rio de Janeiro). Central Atlantic – Ascension Island and Santa Helena. Eastern Atlantic – Canary Islands and Cape Verde (Melo 1999).

Ecological notes. In rock cavities, among pebbles and in other environments that provide shelter. Species is nocturnal. From 0 to 35 m, preferentially shallower than 25 m (Melo 1999).

Previous records in Bahia. Coelho & Ramos-Porto (1985), Almeida et al. (2007).