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Spiny Lobster - Guarding the hole
Guarding the hole, photo taken at the Azzure Window, Malta/Gozo.


Spiny Lobster - Palinurus elephas
Large crustacean with convex carapace covered with spines and tubercles. Antennae longer than the body. Dark red with a few white bloches all over the body. White-striped feet. Found on rocky bottoms inside crevices, from 10-15 metres down to 70. Maximum size 50 cm.


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