Field notes
Encounter profile
Identified using iNaturalist, WoRMS.
Panulirus versicolor - Typical Spiny Lobsters - A marine genus.
Species profile
Painted Spiny Lobster
Panulirus versicolor
Identified using iNaturalist, WoRMS.
7
Media items
Photos and videos
4
Dives
Distinct encounters
4
Locations
1 trip
Archive ecology
Conditions where we found it
SNAP observations, not the species’ full biological range.
- Depth evidence
- 2.6–2.6m
- Median 2.6m · n=1
- Water temperature
- 24.0–28.0°C
- Median 27.5°C · n=4
Depth basis: 0 recorded, 1 profile-estimated, 3 contextual.
An early signal
4 environment-linked observations are available so far. More encounters will show whether a repeatable pattern emerges.
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Indicative archive pattern · 4 observations / 4 dives
Observed depth distributionmiddle 50%: 2.6–2.6m
Calendar-quarter observations
Apr–Jun1
Jul–Sep3
Camera-clock comparison
Morning · 1Night · 3
- • These distributions describe photographs in SNAP, not a species’ complete biological range.
- • Depth distributions use recorded or capture-time profile estimates; dive-average and maximum context is excluded.
- • Time-of-day groups use the camera clock and are not corrected for sunrise, sunset, or timezone.
Creature trail
A life through time and place
#4 · Sep 12, 2026
Twilight Zone
Ambon · Asia 2026
2.6m · Estimated at capture time24.0°C#3 · Aug 23, 2026
Mandolin
Manado & Bunaken · Asia 2026
12.4m · Dive-average context28.0°C
#2 · Aug 6, 2026
Pescador Island
Moalboal, Philippines · Asia 2026
11.3m · Dive-average context28.0°C
#1 · May 14, 2026
Pinnacles (North)
Puerto Galera · Asia 2026
9.2m · Dive-average context27.0°C
Species field guide
Notes, taxonomy, identification & seasonality
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Species field guide
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Life found nearby
Species photographed on the same dives come first, followed by close taxonomic neighbours.
Warty Anglerfish
Antennarius maculatus
Moalboal, Philippines
Aegires villosus
Ambon
Brilliant Flatworm
Pseudoceros scintillatus
Ambon
Canadian Comb Jelly
Bolinopsis microptera
Ambon
Common Seahorse
Hippocampus kuda
Ambon
Crested Nembrotha
Nembrotha cristata
Puerto Galera