Panulirus argus est species decapodum familiae Palinuridarum . Prope litora Atlantica occidentalia (inter Carolinam septentrionalem Brasiliamque ) et in mari Caribaeo habitat. Larvae inter radices Rhizophorae plantasque aquaticas Thalassiae testudinum necnon algas Laurenciae spp., Neogoniolithonis spp. morantur. Adulti molluscis et detritis pascuntur. Saepius ad mensuram 20 cm, multo rarius ad 60 cm crescunt. Autumno longis agminibus migrare solent.
Haec species propter carnem deliciosam a piscatoribus captatur omnium fere civitatum illis litoribus adiacentium, sed praecipue Cubae , Brasiliae , Bahamarum insularum , Civitatum Foederatarum meridianarum, Honduriae .
Gastronomia Novae Aureliae : Lobster crêpe ("crispa e panuliro argo "), granis maizii inspersis, in popina Novae Aureliae in urbe Ludovicianae inferta
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