This ID has nothing to do with anything that will ever go into a reef tank--but it is a reef critter, and there are so many knowlegable people here I thought I would give it a shot. If nothing else maybe someone could point me in a direction on the internet--I come up blank.
The creature in question we used to call a shovel nose lobster. It looked like a fat tail of the Florida spiney lobster--just no head. It was strictly noctournal, found on the sand flats around the reef areas on top of the sand at night. If given a chance, and we didn't give them that offen, they would bury themselves in the sand when approached.
They were pretty rare to find even when looking for them, and the best thing I ever tasted from the ocean.
I am not sure if it even was any kind of lobster--we never talked about it much to anyone--we were jealous of the short supply we had.
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks,
b.
The creature in question we used to call a shovel nose lobster. It looked like a fat tail of the Florida spiney lobster--just no head. It was strictly noctournal, found on the sand flats around the reef areas on top of the sand at night. If given a chance, and we didn't give them that offen, they would bury themselves in the sand when approached.
They were pretty rare to find even when looking for them, and the best thing I ever tasted from the ocean.
I am not sure if it even was any kind of lobster--we never talked about it much to anyone--we were jealous of the short supply we had.
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks,
b.