Description

Also known as Australian Crayfish, Australian Eastern Rock Lobster, Common Crayfish, Common Sydney Crayfish, Crayfish, Eastern Crayfish, Eastern Rock Lobster, Eastern Spiny Lobster, Green Cray, Green Crayfish, Green Lobster, Green Rock Lobster, Jade Lobster, Marine Crayfish, New South Wales Spiny Lobster, Packhorse Crayfish, Packhorse Rock Lobster, Rock Lobster, Sea Crayfish, Smooth-tailed Lobster, Sydney Crayfish.

Found during the day, hiding in caves, and crevices, dispersing at night, to forage for food over gravel, rock, and sandy bottoms, of lagoons and reefs.
They feed on invertebrates.
Length - 60cm
Depth - 0-155m
Widespread Indo-West Pacific

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/Sagmariasus