---
title: "Caribbean Spiny Lobster"
description: "Panulirus argus — Outros animais. Panulirus argus, the Caribbean spiny lobster, is a species of spiny lobster that lives on reefs and in mangrove swamps in the western Atlantic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/caribbean-spiny-lobster
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Caribbean Spiny Lobster

> Panulirus argus — Outros animais. Panulirus argus, the Caribbean spiny lobster, is a species of spiny lobster that lives on reefs and in mangrove swamps in the western Atlantic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Panulirus argus*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4502
- Wikidata: [Q166343](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166343)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47299](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47299)

## Names

- en: Caribbean Spiny Lobster
- de: Karibik-Languste
- es: Langosta del Caribe
- fr: Langouste des Caraïbes

## Countries with the most observations

US (1016), MX (751), KY (265), HN (233), BZ (197), BS (180), VI (110), PR (99), CU (97), PA (97), MQ (73), CO (64)

## Summary

Panulirus argus, the Caribbean spiny lobster, is a species of spiny lobster that lives on reefs and in mangrove swamps in the western Atlantic Ocean.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Bria Morgan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200541280

## Machine access

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