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Panulirus cygnus (Australian spiny lobster)

Synonyms: Panulirus longipes cygnus

Wikipedia Abstract

Panulirus cygnus is a species of spiny lobster (family Palinuridae), found off the west coast of Australia. Panulirus cygnus is the basis of Australia's most valuable fishery, making up 20% of value of Australia's total fishing industry, and is identified as the western rock lobster.
View Wikipedia Record: Panulirus cygnus

Attributes

Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Water Biome [1]  Reef, Coastal
Diet [1]  Omnivore

Predators

Notolabrus parilus (Orangespotted wrasse)[2]
Pelsartia humeralis (Sea trumpeter)[2]
Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus (Yellowspotted thicklip)[2]
Psammoperca waigiensis (sand perch)[2]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Fish predators of the western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus George) in a nearshore nursery habitat, RK Howard, Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39(3) 307 - 316 (1988)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0