Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / European paddle nosed / Spanish lobster (Scyllarides latus) Malta, Mediteranean, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / European paddle nosed / Spanish lobster (Scyllarides latus) Malta, Mediteranean, May 2009

Sergio Hanquet / Rock lobster (Scyllarides latus). El Hierro, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Rock lobster (Scyllarides latus). El Hierro, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Rock lobster (Scyllarides latus). El Hierro, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Rock lobster (Scyllarides latus). El Hierro, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Small European locust lobster (Scyllarus arctus), Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Small European locust / Lesser slipper lobster (Scyllarus arctus), Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Shane Gross / Spanish slipper lobster (Scyllarides aequinoctialis) emerging from coral reef at night. Bahamas.

Pascal Kobeh / Mediterranean slipper lobster (Scyllarides latus) Azores, Atlantic ocean.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver and Mediterranean slipper lobster (Scyllarides latus), Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean

Pascal Kobeh / Galapagos slipper lobster (Scyllarides astori) at night, Cocos island, Costa Rica, Pacific ocean.

Roberto Rinaldi / Unidentified juvenile slipper lobster (possibly Scyllarides squammosus - the Blunt Slipper Lobster), Reunion Island, Indian Ocean.

Franco Banfi / Mediterranean slipper lobster (Scyllarides latus) on rock covered with encrustating red sponge (Spirastrella cunctatrix) Stupiste In dive site, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

Michele Westmorland / Spanish / Slipper lobster (Scyllarides latus) eye detail, with starfish, Palau, Micronesia.

Solvin Zankl / Mediterranean slipper / Spanish lobster (Scyllarides latus) San Pietro Island, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Slipper lobster (Scyllarides latus) on sea bed, Faial, Azores, Portugal, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Slipper lobster (Scyllarides latus) portrait, Pico, Azores, Portugal, July 2009

Fred Bavendam / Spanish Slipper Lobster (Scyllarides aequinoctialis), South Caicos, British West Indies, Caribbean

Juergen Freund / Spanish lobster (Scyllarides latus) Mediterranean Sea

Fred Bavendam / Galapagos Slipper Lobster (Scyllarides astori) portrait, Jervis Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Juergen Freund / Spanish lobster. (Scyllarides sp). Cuba, Caribbean.

Juergen Freund / Spanish lobster, Mediterranean

Constantinos Petrinos / Slipper lobster {Scyllarides haanii} Sulawesi, Indonesia Indo Pacific

David Fleetham / Ridgeback slipper lobster (Scyllarides haanii), Hawaii.

Roberto Rinaldi / Diver looking at Mediterranean / Spanish slipper lobster (Scyllarides latus) in Nereo Cave (Grotta di Nereo), Sardinia, Italy. Model released.

Sergio Hanquet / Lesser locust lobster (Scyllarus arctus), Tenerife, Canary Islands. July

Sergio Hanquet / Lesser locust lobster (Scyllarus arctus) Tenerife, Canary Islands. July

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver and slipper lobster, (Scyllarides latus), Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver and slipper lobster, (Scyllarides latus), Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean

Pascal Kobeh / Spanish slipper lobster (Scyllarides aequinoctialis). Bahamas.