''Arctides regalis'' is a species of tropical lobster. Its common name is royal Spanish lobster and it is known as ula-papapa in
Hawaii
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.
Description
The species can be found in the tropical
Indo-Pacific
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In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
in underwater caves. The lobster stays off of muddy and sandy bottoms. Its orange-red coloring allows it to blend in with ''
Tubastraea'' coral that grows in its hiding place.
The lobster can be kept in an aquarium with free-swimming fish, but it should be the only one of its species in the tank because they do not get along.
References
Crustaceans described in 1963
Achelata
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