page_title: Panulirus longipes
section_title: Biology
hierarchical_section_title: Panulirus longipes / Biology
caption_attribution_description: English: Panulirus longipes
context_page_description: Panulirus longipes, the longlegged spiny lobster, is a species of spiny lobster that lives on shallow rocky and coral reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
context_section_description: Panulirus longipes is nocturnal and hides in rock crevices and under boulders during the day. It feeds on molluscs and other bottom-dwelling invertebrates and defends itself by producing audible sounds whose characteristics have been analysed by Meyer-Rochow & Penrose in 1977. Females carry a large clutch of small eggs tucked under their abdomen for several months. When the eggs hatch, the larvae are planktonic for about ten months before undergoing metamorphosis into puerulus larvae, which settle on the seabed. Juveniles are not gregarious at first and are generally found in shallower water than adults. They are slow-growing and reach a carapace length of about 2 cm (0.8 in) in eighteen months. The animals first breed at around five years of age.
caption: Panulirus longipes illustrated by Louveau in L. Guerin's Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1868
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