Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Achelata > Family Palinuridae > Genus Panulirus

Panulirus echinatus Smith, 1869

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Panulirus*	White, 1847	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: brown spiny crawfish; brown spiny lobster; long legs sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Holthuis, L. B. (1991). FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO fisheries Synopsis. 125(13): 1–292.

French: langouste brune; langouste brune des ïles du Cap Vert sources: Holthuis, L. B. (1991). FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO fisheries Synopsis. 125(13): 1–292.

German: Braune Languste sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Portuguese: lagosta encarnadinha; lagosta pintada; lagosta roxa; lagosta vermelha; potiquiquiya sources: Holthuis, L. B. (1991). FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO fisheries Synopsis. 125(13): 1–292.

Spanish, Castillian: langosta marrón

Literature

original description	Smith, S.I. (1869). Notice of the Crustacea collected by Prof. C. F. Hartt on the coast of Brazil in 1867, list of the described species of Brazilian Podophthalmia. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2(1): 1-41, pl. 1.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Holthuis, L. B. (1991). FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO fisheries Synopsis. 125(13): 1–292.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Panulirus echinatus Smith, 1869. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107705