Description

Also known as Guinea Chick Lobster, Guinea Lobster, Rock Lobster, Sand Lobster, Spanish Lobster, Spotted Crawfish, Spotted Lobster, Star Lobster, White-spotted Spiny Lobster.

Found singly, or in small squads, hiding during the day, in crevices, and rocks, dispersing at night foraging for food, over shallow water, rubble, and seagrass areas, of coral reefs.
They feed nocturnally on algae, crustaceans, and hard shell molluscs.
Length - 20cm
Depth - 0-20m
Widespread Western Atlantic, Caribbean

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_guttatus