Roberto Rinaldi / Spiny lobster (Panulirus elephas) on arm of diver in the entrance to Falco cave, Sardinia, Italy.

Roberto Rinaldi / Caribbean spiny lobster (Palinurus argus) looking out from under a stone covered with sponges, Cara a Cara dive site, Roatan, Honduras.

Roberto Rinaldi / Crevasse full of Painted spiny lobsters (Panolirus versicolor), Tubbataha reef, Philippines.

Angelo Giampiccolo / Diver watching Spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) in a rock wall, Belize Cayes, Caribbean.

Angelo Giampiccolo / European spiny lobster (Palinurus elephus) on rocks, Marina di Camerota, Campania, Italy.

Roberto Rinaldi / Tiny (3cm) common / European spiny lobster (Palinurs elephas) and red seastar (echinaster sepositus), Italy.

Juergen Freund / Spiny lobster in coral reef. (Panulirus argus) Caribbean.

Sue Daly / Long clawed squat lobster {Munida rugosa} Loch Linnhe Scotland

Juergen Freund / Spiny lobster portrait {Panulirus argus} Caribbean

Solvin Zankl / Spiny lobster (Panulirus sp.) pueruli larva stage, portrait. This stage marks the transformation of the pelagic swimming phyllosoma into a puerulus, signaling a shift from a pelagic to a benthic lifec...

Solvin Zankl / Spiny lobster (Panulirus sp.) pueruli larva stage, portrait. This stage marks the transformation of the pelagic swimming phyllosoma into a puerulus, signaling a shift from a pelagic to a benthic lifec...

Alex Mustard / Group of Pronghorn spiny lobsters (Panulirus penicillatus) beneath an overhang in vertical rock face, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Painted spiny lobsters (Panulirus versicolor) in a crack in the reef, Indian Ocean, Maldives.