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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Palinuridae spiny lobsters

Genus: Palinurus

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Palinurus barbarae
[]

FAO

Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 50 cm BL
Palinurus charlestoniForest & Postel, 1964

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Palinurus charlestoni
[Cape Verde spiny lobster]
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Max. Length 38.7 cm TL
 
Palinurus delagoae
[Natal spiny lobster]

Coudre, Christian

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Palinurus elephas(Fabricius, 1787)

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Palinurus elephas
[Common spiny lobster]
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Max. Length 24 cm TL
 
Palinurus gichristi
[]

FAO

Western Indian Ocean and
Max. Length 31 cm BL
Palinurus gilchristiStebbing, 1900

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Palinurus gilchristi
[Southern spiny lobster]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 75 cm TL
Palinurus mauritanicusGruvel, 1911

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Palinurus mauritanicus
[Pink spiny lobster]


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