#spiny lobsters

[snototter]

A California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) in Channel Islands National Park, California, USA

by Water Planet

[rattyexplores]

Crustacea: Panulirus versicolor

During my free time on Woppa, I did some snorkelling. It was fucking scary, but fun. Without an underwater camera, I sadly couldn't take photos of the things I saw. BUT I did collect a handful of items off of the reef/sand (anything I took, I returned to the reef closest to shore).

The most impressive thing was this lobster tail. It seems all the good parts had been eaten, leaving behind this big ass tail. I consulted an ex-diver about the ID, apparently these things can go for thousands in high-end restaurants (the guy got 40 bucks for capturing a perfect one... middlemen make all the money). I know lobsters are the cockroaches of the ocean, but I think they're really cool.

Gastropoda: Haliotis sp.

The second thing I picked up was this abalone shell (also used as food lol). The interior of these shells is really shiny when polished. I've never come across one of these snails before, so I had to pick it up.

Here's a short list of the other things I saw but couldn't photograph: (what I remember clearly, lots of fish I couldn't ID)

Blackeye Thicklip

Goldstripe Butterflyfish

Giant Clams

The large variety of coral (mostly red)

School of pipefish (I think) found near shore

I wouldn't mind doing snorkelling in the future, though I'm certainly going to teach myself how to do it better lol. I will keep an eye for sharks too. This was a popular tourist diving spot, but even still, you've gotta be careful.

13/09/23 - Woppa, reefs near Shelving Beach

[antiqueanimals]

Animal Camouflage. Written by Dorothy Shuttlesworth and illustrated by Matthew Kalmenoff, 1966.

[thatfishchick]

Florida spiny lobster!

The lobster mini season in Florida is dangerous for divers seeking this tasty prize, but not because of the animal. If you look, you can see that these lobsters lack the large, pinching chelipeds (claws). The danger comes from people getting so excited about these guys that they forget to dive safe.

[antiqueanimals]

Wilhelm Eigener

[antiqueanimals]

Wilhelm Eigener

[thatfishchick]

Spiny lobster!

It’s actually a bit scary, but Florida has a lobster “mini-season” where many people are seriously injured or killed. Please, please, please be careful if you’re diving for lobsters!

Special thanks to Rainbow Reef Dive Center, who were incredible, and Rutgers Scuba for setting up the trip. If you’re ever in Key Largo, please check out Rainbow Reef; I cannot speak highly enough of them! http://www.rainbowreef.us/

[mondaymorgue]

Scalloped Spiny Lobster (Panulirus homarus) (?) Pasir Ris, 22nd February 2015

This piece of exoskeleton from a Scalloped Spiny Lobster's tail was attached to a tube made by a large Solitary Tubeworm (Diopatra sp.).

There is a possibility that this Spiny Lobster was not of wild origin, but had been raised in one of the offshore fish farms situated in the eastern Straits of Johor.

Marine Lobsters of the World

The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 2

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Cultured Aquatic Species Information Programme

Growth of the spiny lobster, Panulirus homarus (Linnaeus), in captivity

Observations on growth and moulting of spiny lobsters Panulirus homarus (Linnaeus), P. ornatus (Fabricius) and P. penicillatus (Olivier) in captivity

Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Panulirus homarus Populations of Southern Sri Lanka and South India Revealed by the Mitochondrial COI Gene Region

Identification of Taxonomic Status of Spiny Lobster Species in Sri Lanka Using DNA Barcoding and its Implications on Fisheries and Conservation Programs

Fishery and population dynamics of Panulirus homarus (Linnaeus) from Mutwal, Sri Lanka

On the growth, mortality and recruitment of the spiny lobster (Panulirus homarus) in Sri Lankan waters

Length-Weight Relationship of Spiny Lobster, Panulirus homarus Population Inhabiting Southern Coastal Region of Sri Lanka

Reproductive Season of the Scalloped Spiny Lobster Panulirus homarus Along the Coast of Oman: Management Implications

Experimental Rearing of Spiny Lobster, Panulirus homarus (Palinuridae) in Land-Based Tanks at Mirbat Station (Sultanate of Oman) in 2009-2010

Population dynamics and management of scalloped spiny lobster Panulirus homarus in Oman coastal waters

An Assessment of the Spiny Lobster Panulirus homarus Fishery in Oman — Another Decline in the Western Indian Ocean?

Feeding Habits of the Scalloped Spiny Lobstrer, Panulirus homarus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Decapoda: Palinuridae) from the South East Coast of Iran

Growth and moulting of captive Panulirus homarus homarus in Kenya, western Indian Ocean

Evolutionary Divergence of Geographic Subspecies within the Scalloped Spiny Lobster Panulirus homarus (Linnaeus 1758)

IUCN Red List