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Spiny Lobster

Palinuridae family

Description:

Spiny lobsters, also known as langouste or rock lobsters, are a family (Palinuridae) of about 45 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also, especially in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, sometimes called crayfish, sea crayfish or crawfish, terms which elsewhere are reserved for freshwater crayfish

Habitat:

Lobster in the waters around the small Puerto Rican island Palominitos

1 Species ID Suggestions

Nicholas4
Nicholas4 12 years ago
spiny lobster


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2 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Moved to 'Arthropods' category.

sttweets
sttweets 12 years ago

@Nicholas4 Thanks!

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Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

Spotted on Jun 13, 2011
Submitted on Jun 21, 2011

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