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Palinuridae

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

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.

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sea crayfish

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

sea crayfish Shellfish, family Palinuridae, see lobster.

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spiny lobsters

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spiny lobsters See PALINURIDAE.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

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