Species Profile
Palinurus
Spiny lobster
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassCrustacea
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Marine crustacean found in rocky coasts.
Valued seafood species.
Size & Structure
01
Large elongated body
02
Spiny exoskeleton
03
Long antennae
04
Absence of large chelae
Palinurus — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral symmetry
- Fertilization
- External
- Digestion type
- Complete digestion
- Nervous system
- Ventral nerve cord
- Excretory organ
- Green glands
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic (stenohaline)
- Circulatory type
- Open circulatory system
- Development type
- Indirect development
- Respiratory type
- Branchial respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Open
- Skeleton structure
- Exoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Benthic scavenger
Controls invertebrate population
Marine ecosystem balance
Economic Importance
Highly valued seafood
Commercial fisheries
Export importance