COMMON SPINY LOBSTER. 



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DEC APOD A. 



MAC HOUR A. 



PALINURIDJE. 



COMMON SPINY LOBSTER. 



Palinurus vidgaris. Latr. 



Specific Character. — Lateral spines of the rostram very large, triangular, 

 smooth above, strongly dentate on the anterior margin ; a strong spine at the 

 anterior margin of the carapace beneath the orbit. 



Cancer (Astacus) Homarits, Penn. Brit. Zool. IV. t. xi. f. 22, p. 16. 

 Palhmrtis quadricornis, Fabr. Suppl. 401. — Latr. Hist, des Crust. VI. 



t. lii. fig. 3, p. 193. 

 „ Homarus, Leach, Edinb. Encyc. VII. p. 397. Trans. 



Lin. Soc. XI. p. 339. 



