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Palinuridae
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Palinuridae [‚pal·ə′nyu̇r·ə‚dē]
(invertebrate zoology)
The spiny lobsters or langoustes, a family of macruran decapod crustaceans belonging to the Scyllaridea.


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The mangroves in West Andros support species as diverse as bonefish, snapper, grouper, spiny lobster, tarpon and reef fish" Some of these fish remain in local waters, while other young fish tagged near Andros have been tracked for hundreds of miles.
Caribbean spiny lobsters live in the sea between Bermuda and Brazil.
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