Shane Gross / Nocturnal Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) at night crawling in the Seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) looking for food. Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Georgette Douwma / Painted spiny lobster (Palinurus versicolor) juvenile. West Papua, Indonesia. Indo-West Pacific.

David Fleetham / California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) on sea floor. Santa Barbara Island, California, USA.

David Fleetham / Banded spiny lobster (Panulirus marginatus) on sea floor. Endemic species. Kauai, Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Banded spiny lobster (Panulirus marginatus), an endemic species. Kauai, Hawaii.

Doug Perrine / Phyllosoma larva of Spiny lobster (Palinurus sp.) riding a Purple jellyfish (Pelagia noctiluca), at night in surface waters of the deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA. August. The larval crustacea...

Doug Perrine / Phyllosoma larva of Spiny lobster (Palinurus sp) riding a Purple jellyfish (Pelagia noctiluca), at night in surface waters of the deep ocean off Kailua Kona, Hawaii, August. The larval crustacean use...

Alex Mustard / Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) emerges onto a coral reef in late afternoon. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Four California spiny lobsters (Panulirus interruptus) shelter beneath a boulder in a kelp forest. Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East...

Richard Robinson / New Zealand crayfish or southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) hides under the yellow zoathhid anemone (Parazoanthus elongates) in Doubtful Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.

Richard Robinson / New Zealand crayfish or southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) in Doubtful Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.

Richard Robinson / New Zealand crayfish or southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) in Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. Small reproduction only.