Spiny Lobster - Palinurus elephas
Large crustacean with convex carapace covered with spines and tubercles. Antennae longer than the body. Dark red with a few white bloches all over the body. White-striped feet. Found on rocky bottoms inside crevices, from 10-15 metres down to 70. Maximum size 50 cm.
Spiny lobsters,
also known as langouste or rock lobsters are a family (Palinuridae) of about 45 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also, especially in Australia and New Zealand, sometimes called crayfish, sea crayfish or crawfish, terms which elsewhere are reserved for freshwater crayfish. Like true lobsters, spiny lobsters are edible and are an economically significant food source; they are the biggest food export of the Bahamas.
The largest spiny lobster on record was over 1 m (3 ft) long and weighed over 11.8 kg (26 lb).
