 The Cape lobster , Homarinus capensis , is a species of small lobster that lives off the coast of South Africa , from Dassen Island to Haga Haga . Only a few dozen specimens are known , mostly regurgitated by reef @-@ dwelling fish . It lives in rocky reefs , and is thought to lay large eggs that have a short larval phase , or that hatch directly as a juvenile . The species grows to a total length of 10 cm ( 3 @.@ 9 in ) , and resembles a small European or American lobster ; it was previously included in the same genus , Homarus , although it is not very closely related to those species , and is now considered to form a separate , monotypic genus – Homarinus . Its closest relatives are the genera Thymops and Thymopides . 
 The Cape lobster , Homarinus capensis , <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>a species of small lobster <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>lives</mark></a> off the coast of South Africa , from Dassen Island to Haga Haga . Only a few dozen specimens are known , mostly regurgitated by reef @-@ dwelling fish . It <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>lives</mark></a> in rocky reefs , and is thought to lay large eggs <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='got' title='6'><mark>have</mark></a> a short larval phase , or that hatch directly as a juvenile . The species <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>grows</mark></a> to a total length of 10 cm ( 3 @.@ 9 in ) , and <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>resembles</mark></a> a small European or American lobster ; it was previously included in the same genus , Homarus , although it <a href='negative_concord' title='9'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='10'><mark>not</mark></a>very closely related to those species , and is now considered to form a separate , monotypic genus – Homarinus . Its closest relatives <a href='drop_aux' title='11'><mark>are</mark></a>the genera Thymops and Thymopides . 
Da Cape lobster , Homarinus capensis , a species of small lobster live off the coast of South Africa , from Dassen Island to Haga Haga . Only a few dozen specimens r known , mostly regurgitated by reef @-@ dwelling fish . It live in rocky reefs , and is thought to lay large eggs got a short larval phase , or dat hatch directly as a juvenile . Tdaspecies grow to a total length of 10 cm ( 3 @.@ 9 in ) , and resemble a small European or American lobster ; it was previously included in the same genus , Homarus , although it ain't very closely related to those species , and is now considered to form a separate , monotypic genus – Homarinus . Its closest relatives the genera Thymops and Thymopides .