Voigtmann's Reef Lobster
Hoplometopus holthuisi
Also known as: Dwarf Reef Lobster, Tropical Reef Lobster, Enoplometopus voigtmanni
- Dwarf Reef Lobster
- Tropical Reef Lobster
- Enoplometopus voigtmanni
Overview
Found singly, during the day, hiding in caves and crevices, over shallow, rocky reef slopes.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans, detritus, fish, and invertebrates.
Widespread Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Indo-Pacific
These are some of the smallest lobsters.
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.
How to identify
- Pattern
- stripes
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean
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Found singly, during the day, hiding in caves and crevices, over shallow, rocky reef slopes.
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