Editing Spiny lobster (section)

== Size ==
The size of the adults varies from a few centimetres to 30–40 cm. In general, it is said that rarely some individuals can reach 60 cm (''[[Panulirus argus]]'').

Nevertheless, some reports – the authenticity of which can be questioned – are of much larger lobsters. One such source is Bernard Gorsky's travel book ''La dernière île''.<ref>Paris, Edetions Albin Michel, 1965. Hungarian edition: ''Az utolsó sziget'' (translation: István Terényi), Gondolat Kiadó, Budapest, 1970 [https://www.antikvarium.hu/konyv/az-utolso-sziget-30980-0https://www.antikvarium.hu/konyv/az-utolso-sziget-30980-0]</ref> In this, the author lists the following statements:

* According to a 1956 article from the New Caledonian daily newspaper ''La France Australe'' (published in Nyoma): "Since yesterday, a so-called porcelain spiny lobster, stuffed, can be seen in the window of Balande. Its length is 2 m, (including its antennae) and it weighed 11 kg.<ref>Hungarian edition, p. 150</ref>
* 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.<ref>Hungarian edition, p. 155</ref>
* 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 bigger crabs can live there. According to the residents, a man from the Leikigne tribe (they live nearby on the other side of the Fayawa Strait) reported the following: he once went fishing with a friend and the friend drowned. He did not come to the surface, he followed him into the depths. Two legs protruded from a hollow, and in the hollow sat a huge crayfish, and it was eating the fisherman. The crawfish was said to be as thick as the trunk of a full-grown palm tree.<ref>Hungarian edition, pp. 154–155</ref> (At the time, the locals (the people of Leikigne) gave credence to the report and believed that the victim could not have drowned because he swam "like a dolphin" – but a shark would not have killed him either, because there are usually no sharks in the lagoon there. According to them, only a lobster could be really responsible.) Since one of Gorsky's narrators ("Guy") was 20 years old<ref>Hungarian edition, p. 114</ref> at the time of the story (1965), and the incident occurred when he was 12,<ref>Hungarian edition, p. 155</ref> the story must have been around 1957 if true.
* A study was conducted regarding the effect of growth and survival when you change the frequency of feeding the Spiny Lobster and it was determined that if there is increased feed frequency from one to sixteen feeds daily then that is where growth and feed attraction are at the peak of their performance. If the lobsters are fed too much though, more than 16 feeds a day causes decreased feed intake and reduction in overall growth. It was also determined that the rapid leaching of feed suggests that there is a beneficial effect of feeding multiple frequencies on growth and intake.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Libraries - Discovery (EDS) |url=https://eds.s.ebscohost.com/eds/error?vid=6&sid=8462cbf1-45e2-4610-963f-13f67273f6c0%40redis |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=eds.s.ebscohost.com}}</ref>