This sea snake is actually a vertebrate and in the wrong place in collection. Spiny lobster, unlike its northern relative, has no big crusher claw. Panulirus argus Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Florida Keys 76. Junvenile lobster use weeds and sponges as refuge. Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Florida Keys 77.
Golden crabs are the largest crustacean on the continental slope off Florida.
Temperate Atlantic Ocean, Norfolk Canyon. 1973 June 78. The lobster's large claw can crush crabs, clams and fingers. Boreal Atlantic Ocean, offshore Maine. 1975 November 80.