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Caribbean Spiny Lobster Panulirus argus

Photo: Marion Haarsma

Classification

Palinuridae [family]
Panulirus [genus] (3)
argus [species]

Classification

Palinuridae [family]
Panulirus [genus] (3)
argus [species]

Literature

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