Description

Also known as Banded Spiny Lobster, Hawaiian Lobster, Marine Crayfish.

Found singly, hiding in caves, crevices, and holes in rocks during the day, out foraging for food at night, over shallow, clear water, reef plateau's and seaward reefs, sometimes in surf zones.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans, detritus, and invertebrates.
Juveniles often found wedged in corals with just the antenna showing.
Length - 40cm
Depth - 0-143m
Indo-Pacific - Hawaiian Islands

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.
Spiny lobsters are caught in baited lobster pots for gourmet dining. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panulirus_marginatus