| Antigua
Sea Life: |
SPINY
LOBSTER,
Panulirus argus
This is not a true lobster with claws. It
is in fact, a member of the crayfish
family. They would grow to about 24
inches long but they seldom attain that
size as they are delicious to eat and are
becoming very scarce. |
|
Photo courtesy > Deep Bay Divers < |
| Lobster
dishes may be found on the menu of various
hotels, though nowadays ‘at a price’.
Scuba fishermen dive deeply for them and
sometimes get the bends as dive tables are not
adhered to properly. These crustaceans seek
shelter in dark caves within coral reefs during
the day and venture forth at night in search of
molluscs and other invertebrates. |
| Click here for more
Antigua Sea Life |
| |
|
|
|
