Common Name: Mada Issa, Mada Pokirissa
Scientific Name: Panulirus polyphagus
Animal Family: Palinuridae
Population: Least Concern
Description: Panulirus polyphagus, the mud spiny lobster ,is a species of crustacean that lives on shallow rocky reefs and muddy substrates in the topical indo- pacific region.
Habitat: Though is prefers muddy sea bottom as its habitat it relishes an environment of greenish coloured muddy water near river mouths .it is commonly found at a depth range of 5-15 cm , occasionally down to 90m.
Foods: In general, palinurids are mainly considered carnivores, usually feeding upon sluggish, easily captured animals where most material is eaten alive or freshly killed .
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