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Spiny Lobsters
Palinuridae
Spiny lobsters, also known as langustas, langouste, or rock lobsters, are a family (Palinuridae) of about 60 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also, especially in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Bahamas, sometimes called crayfish, sea crayfish, or crawfish ("kreef" in South Africa), terms which elsewhere are reserved for freshwater crayfish.
12 branches of this family, most-observed first
Typical Spiny Lobsters
genusPanulirus
Jasus
genusJasus
Palinurus
genusPalinurus
Packhorse Rock Lobsters
genusSagmariasus
Longarm Furrow Lobsters
genusJustitia
Phyllamphion
genusPhyllamphion
Spear Lobsters
genusLinuparus
Palinustus
genusPalinustus
Puerulus
genusPuerulus
Projasus
genusProjasus
Nupalirus
genusNupalirus
Musical Furry Lobsters
genusPalibythus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47297.