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Biological Classification of the Spiny Lobster



Phylum Arthropoda
Sub-phylum Crustacea
Class  Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Palinuridae
Genus Panulirus
Species argus


Spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, are decapod crustaceans. Lobsters have three distinctive life stages with separate ecologies and behaviors. The species is found in the western Atlantic Ocean ranging from Brazil to Bermuda.


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