Description

Also known as Common Lobster, Hummer.

Found singly or in small squads, during the day hiding in crevices and holes, out foraging for food at night, over hard substrates of lagoons, coral and rocky reefs, and the continental shelf.
They feed on carrion, hard shell invertebrates and plants.
Juveniles often found wedged in corals with just the antenna showing.
Length - 60cm
Depth - 0-150m
Widespread Northeast Atlantic, Black Sea, Mediterranean

Lobsters live in caves and crevices during the day, often several together, coming out at night to feed.
Sometimes caught in the torches of divers where they scuttle off back into the dark.
They do not have true claws, the soft and flexible tail is used for swimming rapidly backwards, for short distances to get away from danger.
They have to shed their hard shells to grow, for young lobsters this is several times a year decreasing to once every 1-2 years with maturity around 6 years.
Their life span is about 15 years.
Spiny lobsters are caught in baited lobster pots for gourmet dining. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homarus_gammarus