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title: "Langosta Pintada"
description: "Panulirus versicolor — Otros animales. Panulirus versicolor is a species of spiny lobster that lives in tropical reefs in the Indo-Pacific."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/painted-spiny-lobster
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Langosta Pintada

> Panulirus versicolor — Otros animales. Panulirus versicolor is a species of spiny lobster that lives in tropical reefs in the Indo-Pacific.

- Scientific name: *Panulirus versicolor*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2154
- Wikidata: [Q2523262](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2523262)
- iNaturalist taxon: [108371](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/108371)

## Names

- en: Painted Spiny Lobster
- de: Vielfarbige Languste
- es: Langosta Pintada
- fr: Langouste peinte
- pl: Langusta różnobarwna

## Countries with the most observations

ID (572), AU (208), MV (124), FJ (110), PH (88), NC (70), TH (66), IN (65), MY (52), TW (49), MM (29), MZ (27)

## Summary

Panulirus versicolor is a species of spiny lobster that lives in tropical reefs in the Indo-Pacific. Other names include painted lobster, common rock lobster, bamboo lobster, blue lobster, and blue spiny lobster. P. versicolor is one of the three most common varieties of spiny lobster in Sri Lanka, alongside Panulirus homarus and Panulirus ornatus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panulirus_versicolor

## Photo

![Langosta Pintada](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/painted-spiny-lobster/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11185353

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/painted-spiny-lobster?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).