Palinuridae

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Palinuridae (spiny lobsters; class Malacostraca, order Decapoda) Family of large, edible decapods which have a more or less cylindrical cephalothorax and a well-developed, dorsoventrally flattened abdomen. The head bears large, spiny antennae, and in most species the first pair of legs is not enlarged. The family occurs in tropical waters.

A Dictionary of Zoology MICHAEL ALLABY

sea crayfish

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sea crayfish Shellfish, family Palinuridae, see lobster.

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER

spiny lobsters

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spiny lobsters See PALINURIDAE.

A Dictionary of Zoology MICHAEL ALLABY

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