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Palinuridae

Palinuridae

Overview

Palinuridae Latreille, 1802

Common Name: Spiny Lobster

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Carapace forms a cylindrical shape and they are named after their spiny antennae.

        SIZE:

Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Mobile

        FEEDING MODE: Carnivore

        HABITAT: Epifaunal

Sources:

Brooks, H. K. et al., 1969. Decapoda, in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part R, Arthropoda 4, Volume 2. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 651 pp.


Genera of Palinuridae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway