Unique and Colorful Lobsters in the World

Lobsters are among the most favorite sea foods served in restaurants from all over the world. Lobsters came in different colors, shapes and appearances. Here’s a list of the coolest-looking and most colorful species of lobsters in the world.

Southern Rock Lobster

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Scientific name: Jasus edwardsii

Other common names: Red Rock Lobster and Spiny Rock Lobster

Range: Coastal waters of southern Australia and New Zealand

Maori name: Koura

Diet: Carnivorous – feeds on shellfish, crabs, fish and sea urchins

Habitat: reef with depths of up to 275 meters

Coloration: Dark red and orange above with paler yellowish abdomens or grey-green brown with the paler underside.

Size: can grow up to 23 cm long and can be more than 10 kg in weight

Western Rock Lobster

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Scientific name: Panulirus Cygnus

Range: Australia

Color: Brownish purple to a pale color.

Size: 10 cm in length and can weigh as much as 5.5 kg

Australian Crayfish

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Scientific name: Sagmariasus verreauxi

Other common names: Common Crayfish, Common Sydney Crayfish, Eastern Crayfish, Eastern Rock Lobster, Green Cray, Green Crayfish,  Green Lobster, Green Rock Lobster, Marine Crayfish, New South Wales Spiny Lobster, Packhorse Crayfish, Sea Crayfish, Smooth-tailed Crayfish and Sydney Crayfish

Maori name: Pawharu

Range: Lives around northern New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands, the Chatham Island and Australia from Queensland to Tanzania

Features: Probably the longest decapod crustacean in the world

Size: Grows up to 60 cm in length

Caribbean Spiny Lobster

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Scientific name: Panulirus argus

Other common names: Spiny Lobster, Bermuda Spiny Lobster, Common Spiny Lobster, Crawfish, Florida Spiny Lobster, West Indian Langouste and West Indian Spiny Lobster.

Range: Western Atlantic Ocean

Habitat: Lives on reefs and in mangrove swamps

Features: It has long, cylindrical bodies covered with spines.

Color: Generally olive greenish or brown but can be tan to mahogany with scattered yellowish to cream-colored spots on the carapace

Size: Can grow up to 60 cm in length

Mediterranean Slipper Lobster

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Scientific name: Scyllarides latus

Range: Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean

Feature: Edible and highly regarded as food but is now rare over much of its range due to overfishing.

Diet: Molluscs,

Size: Grows up to 30 cm long

Slipper Lobster – Ibacus novemdentatus

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Scientific name: Ibacus novemdentatus

Feature: An edibble and commercially important lobster species

Size: Grows up to 30 cm in length

Slipper Lobster – Parribacus antarcticus

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Scientific name: Parribacus antarcticus

Features: It can be kept as marine pet. It is edible and used as human food sources

Size: It reaches a length of up to 30 cm

Strange Blind Lobster

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Scientific name: Polycheles sculptus

Habitat: Deep waters with depths of 200 – 4000 meters

Range: Can be found on both sides of the Atlkantic Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea, and across much of the Indo-West Pacific

Axius serratus

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Scientific name: Axius serratus

Range: Atlantic coast of Canada and the United States from Nova Scotia to Maryland

Feature: It is capable of living in areas which are so polluted that other benthic animals cannot survive.

See also

Amazingly Unique and Weird Lobsters

World’s Most Colorful Lobsters in their NaturalHabitat