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Inhabitants of a small island in the Coral Sea caught a 2 m 10 cm, 17 kg porcelain spiny lobster, according to an Australian publication. [10] Gorsky himself caught 6–7 kg lobsters with local tribesmen on the Loyalty Islands group's Mouli island and mentioned them in the article in La France Australe. However, according to the locals, even ...
Jasus edwardsii, the southern rock lobster, red rock lobster, or spiny rock lobster, is a species of spiny lobster found throughout coastal waters of southern Australia and New Zealand including the Chatham Islands. It is commonly called crayfish in Australia and New Zealand and kōura in Māori. [3]
An adult Panulirus cygnus in an aquarium. Panulirus cygnus is a species of spiny lobster (family Palinuridae), found off the west coast of Australia. Panulirus cygnus is the basis of Australia's most valuable fishery, making up 20% of value of Australia's total fishing industry, and is identified as the western rock lobster.
Sagmariasus verreauxi is a species of spiny lobster that lives around northern New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands the Chatham Islands and Australia from Queensland to Tasmania. [3] It is probably the longest decapod crustacean in the world, alongside the American lobster Homarus americanus, growing to lengths of up to 60 centimetres (24 in). [3]
Panulirus ornatus (known by a number of common names, including tropical rock lobster, [3] [4] ornate rock lobster, [5] ornate spiny lobster [2] and ornate tropical rock lobster [6]) is a large spiny lobster with 11 larval stages.
More recently, Launceston and the Tamar Valley made Lonely Planet’s 2025 Best in Travel list – the only Australian destination in the round-up. And Abta (the Association of British Travel ...
western rock lobster. west coast of Australia Panulirus echinatus Smith, 1869: brown spiny lobster: tropical western Atlantic Ocean and central Atlantic Islands. Panulirus femoristriga (von Martens, 1872) stripe-leg spiny lobster: Indo-Pacific. Panulirus gracilis Streets, 1871: green spiny lobster
In Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, [27] the term "crayfish" or "cray" generally refers to a saltwater spiny lobster, of the genus Jasus that is indigenous to much of southern Oceania, [28] while the freshwater species are usually called yabbies or kōura, from the indigenous Australian and Māori names for the animal, respectively, or ...