- spiny lobsters
- Members of the family Palinuridae; lack large claws and have a flexible, leathery tail fan. (Syn. rock lobsters) [Bliss, 1982].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
spiny lobsters
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