Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Small European locust lobster (Scyllarus arctus) portrait, Pico, Azores, Portugal, July 2009

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

David Fleetham / Regal slipper lobster / royal spanish lobster (Arctides regalis), Hawaii.

David Fleetham / Regal slipper lobster / royal Spanish lobster (Arctides regalis), Hawaii.

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.

Alex Mustard / Sculptured slipped lobster (Parribacus antarcticus) emerging onto the reef at night, West Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

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

Jeff Rotman / Slipper lobster {Scyllaridae}

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.

David Fleetham / Regal slipper lobsters (Arctides regalis) Hawaii.

Shane Gross / A larval stage slipper lobster (Scyllaridae) photographed in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic ocean, International Waters.