Spiny Lobster
Palinurus elephas
Sighting evidence at Skomer Island, Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Photo: Albertini maridom · CC BY-NC
The reserve status around Skomer sustains healthy spiny lobster populations sheltering beneath boulders and kelp holdfasts, their antennae sweeping the current for food. Skomer holds one of the best remaining Welsh populations of this once-common species, which has been commercially depleted elsewhere in the Bristol Channel. Night dives reveal them foraging actively across open rock, their behaviour far more expansive than during daylight hours.
Evidence at this site
No confirmed records on file at this site
Spiny Lobster is listed as a curated species here based on historical reports.