COMMON SPINY LOBSTER. 



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DEC APOD A . 

 MAC HOUR A. 



PALINVKIDJE. 



COMMON SPINY LOBSTEE. 



Palinurus vulgaris. Latr. 



Specific CJiaracter. Lateral spines of the rostrum 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) Homarus, PENN. Brit. Zool. IV. t. xi. f. 22, p. 16. 

 Palinurus quadricornis, FABR. Suppl. 401. LATR. Hist, des Crust. VI. 



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



LEACH, Edinb. Encyc. VII. p. 397. Trans. 

 Lin. Soc. XI. p. 339. 



