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Spiny Lobster
Palinuridae family
18.3392, -65.569
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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
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PublishedJune 21, 2011
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