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title: "California Spiny Lobster"
description: "Panulirus interruptus — Outros animais. The California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) is a species of spiny lobster found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Monterey Bay, California, to the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/california-spiny-lobster
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# California Spiny Lobster

> Panulirus interruptus — Outros animais. The California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) is a species of spiny lobster found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Monterey Bay, California, to the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Panulirus interruptus*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 6937
- Wikidata: [Q452353](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452353)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61371](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61371)

## Names

- en: California Spiny Lobster
- de: Kalifornische Languste
- es: Langosta de California
- fr: Langouste du Mexique

## Countries with the most observations

US (6378), MX (172)

## Summary

The California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) is a species of spiny lobster found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Monterey Bay, California, to the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico. It typically grows to a length of 30 cm (12 in) and is a reddish-brown color with stripes along its legs, and has a pair of enlarged antennae but no claws. The interrupted grooves across the tail are characteristic for the species. 
Females can carry up to 680,000 eggs, which hatch after 10 weeks into flat phyllosoma larvae. These larvae feed on plankton before their metamorphosis into the juvenile state. Adults are nocturnal and migratory…

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

## Photo

![California Spiny Lobster](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/california-spiny-lobster/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3068254

## Machine access

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