Saint Barthélemy is the smallest French claim in the Caribbean region. The small island is the only territory in the Americas with the distinction of having been a long-term Swedish colony. France traded the island to Sweden in 1784 for access to Gothenburg, a Swedish port city. The island returned to French control in 1878.
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Thaumastocheles zaleucus - Five species are contained in the Thaumastochelidae family, a group of deep sea lobsters. Two are endemic to the Coral Sea, and one each for the Sea of Japan and the Timor Sea. The fifth species, the Atlantic pincer lobster is found in the deep waters of the Caribbean and the Western Atlantic. Deep sea lobsters are either completely blind or have severely reduced vision; an adaptation to living in total darkness. They are easily recognized by the numerous spiny fingers contained on one over-sized claw.
