Common Name: Wali issa, Wali Pokirissa
Scientific Name: Panulirus homarus
Animal Family: Palinuridae
Population: Least Concern
Description: Grows up to 20-32 cm. It has a green mottled carapace with red spines mostly on anterior part of carapace. Antennular plate with two pairs of spines and a patch of smaller spines between them. Antennular with conspicuous banding. Short frontal horns. Transverse grooves with scalloped margin on abdominal 2-5.
Habitat: Being nocturnal it prefers crevices in rock and sandstone reefs, often shallow, 5-10 m, sometimes down to 90 m.
Foods: Small crustaceans, molluscs, worms and algae.
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