Photo Credit: Yulyfish.
CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 01/31/2017: Palinurus mauritanicus, The Pink Spiny Lobster (The Rose Langostine in Europe) is a species of deep water spiny lobster found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. This ‘clawless’ critter has a carapace with two brutal-looking rows of forward-directed spines. The peduncle, or the base segment of the antenna, is particularly stout. Living a relatively long time, (up to 25+ years!) P. mauritanicus is found on the seafloor at the edge of the continental shelf at depths deeper than 200 m. Though Pink Spinys scavenge dead muck, they’ll also lay into a meal of live mollusks, starfish, urchins, and any other crustaceans which can’t escape them!
Photo Credit: Viviers d’Audierne.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php? ... &id=107704
http://www.eol.org/pages/324107/overview