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Blue-spot rock lobster / Stripe-leg spiny lobster
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Previously this species and the longlegged spiny lobster (Panulirus longipes) were thought to be the same species. Recent research has classified them as two different species. It can be distinguished from the longlegged spiny lobster by the color of its first antenna. They are uncommon in Okinawa.

Scientific name Panulirus femoristriga
English name Blue-spot rock lobster / Stripe-leg spiny lobster

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