A painted spiny lobster (Panulirus versicolor) (Painted crayfish), Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Spiny lobsters under an overhang in Cozumel, Mexico.

A juvenile painted spiny lobster, Panulirus versicolor, inhabits a crevice on a reef amid the tropical islands of Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

A juvenile painted spiny lobster, Panulirus versicolor, crawls out of a reef crevice amid the islands of Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

An adult painted spiny lobster (Panuluris versicolor), hunting off Bangka Island, off the northeastern tip of Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

View of tropical Spiny Lobster, Grand Bay, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa

Close-up of a spiny lobster, Caribbean Sea, Central America

cray pot, wild, day, Western Australian rock lobster (panulirus cygnus), marine protected area, free-diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: checking pots for crayfish, catch and release if to small or females with eggs.

European Spiny Lobster (Palinurus elephas) Scraggane, The Maharees, County Kerry, Ireland Restricted resolution (Please contact us) (RR)

Spiny lobster (Panulirus sp.) at night, Ponta da Sapata, Fernando de Noronha national marine sanctuary, Pernambuco, Brazil, South America

Caribbean spiny lobster (Panullirus argus), Looe Key, Key Largo, Florida, United States of America, North America

Stripe-leg spiny lobster (Panulirus femoristriga), eye and rostrum detail, Short drop-off, Palau, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Pacific

Brown spiny lobster (Panulirus echinatus), St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, South America

Stripe-leg spiny lobster (Panulirus femoristriga), eye and rostrum detail, Short drop-off, Palau, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean, Pacific

Crawfish Palinurus elephas

Crawfish Palinurus elephas

Spiny Lobster (Panulirus femoristriga). Wakatobi, Onemobaa Island, Indonesia (RR)

Brown spiny lobster (Panulirus echinatus), St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, South America

Brown spiny lobster (Panulirus echinatus), St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, South America

Spiny Lobster (Panulirus femoristriga). Wakatobi, Onemobaa Island, Indonesia (RR)

Spiny lobster in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean.

Brown spiny lobster (Panulirus echinatus), St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, South America

Cooked spiny lobster (Panulirus echinatus) head detail, St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, South America

Brown spiny lobsters (Panulirus echinatus), St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, South America

Stripe-leg spiny lobster, Panulirus femoristriga, eye and rostrum detail, Short drop-off, Palau, Micronesia.

Spiny Lobster dish at Beach Restaurant The Grotto with sea view, Hotel Rayavadee, Hat Phra Nang, Krabi, Thailand

Spiny Lobster dish with sweetcorn at Beach Restaurant The Grotto and sea view, Hotel Rayavadee, Hat Phra Nang, Krabi, Thailand

Spiny Lobster dish for romantic Candle Light Dinner at the beach at Beach Restaurant The Grotto in the evening, Hotel Rayavadee, Hat Phra Nang, Krabi, Thailand

Florida Spiny Lobster tail with saffron linguini tomatoes basil white beans english peas prosciutto and roasted garlic crostini, Restaurant Mark's South Beach, South Beach, Miami, Florida, USA

Spanish traditional food a pan of Paella with rice and seafood shrimps, mussels, spiny lobster and lemon

Both a Crinoid Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes cornutus) and a Crinoid Squat Lobster (Allogalathea elegans) on a crinoid. These tiny crustaceans are commensal on crinoids or feather stars and take their color from the host, Philippines

Hawaiian lobster, front view (Enoplometopus occidentalis)

Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) catching a lobster on a coral reef, Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba.