Painted Spiny Lobster's description
A painted rock lobster has no claws. They have two pairs of big and strong antenna.The first pair of antennae are double ended,the second pair is hardy and spiny,both are usually white.The biggest among them can be 16-17 inches but the most common size of an adult is 12 inches.Panulirus versicolor has smooth abdominal somites, lacking a transverse groove. Abdominal somites 1-6 have a distinct, continuous transverse band along the posterior margins, with dark bands on either side of them. The third maxilliped lacks an exopod. The antennular plate, at the base of the 1st antennae, has 4 strong spines, in a square.Males tend to be larger than females. The carapace has a whitish background, with large areas of bluish-black. The peduncles of the antennae are pinkish, with thick black spines, and the flagellae of the antennae are white.