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Lobsters

Banded Spiny Lobster

Panulirus marginatus

     
 
(1: Cliffhanger, Kauai / 2-3,5-8: Hale O Honu, Kauai / 4: Camp One, Kauai)

Fiji Locust Lobster

Biarctus vitensis

(1: Kaloko Arches, Kona)

Long-Handed Spiny Lobster

Justitia longimanus

(1: Pipe Dreams, Kona)

Red Reef Lobster

Enoplometopus occidentalis

(1: Amber's Arches, Kauai)

Regal Slipper Lobster

Arctides regalis

     
(1: Pawai, Kona / 2: Hoover's, Kona / 3-4: Harbor Ledges, Kauai / 5: Mala Pier, Maui / 6: Hale O Honu, Kauai)

Ridgeback Slipper Lobster

Scyllarides haanii

(1: Shark Fin, Lanai)

Scaly Slipper Lobster

Scyllarides squammosus

 
(1-2: Shark Fin, Lanai)

Sculptured Slipper Lobster

Parribacus antarcticus

       
(1,6: Mala Pier, Maui / 2: Pawai, Kona / 3-4: Kaloko Arches, Kona / 5: Harbor Ledges, Kauai / 7: Hale O Honu, Kauai / 8: Dog Beach, Kona)

This is a tiny one, which got knocked off the wall by the previous diver swimming through.  Fin carefully, folks:
(1: The Dome, Kona)

Tufted Spiny Lobster

Panuliris penicillatus

     
(1: Harbor Ledges, Kauai / 2: Brennecke's Ledge, Kauai / 3: Reef's End, Molokini / 4: Barge Harbor North, Lanai / 5: Niihau Arches, Niihau / 6: Pahoehoe Beach, Kona)