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8.4. Key to the genus Panulirus
Unit 8 - Taxonomy of lobsters
8.4. Key to the genus Panulirus
- First pair of legs not enlarged with no trace of a pincer without cross bands.
- Carapace without a scale-like sculpture.
- Tail variously coloured, smooth or with at most 2 transverse grooves.
- Two distinct, widely separated tooth-like frontal horns, between which the anterior margin of the carapace visible.
- Antennal flagella, although large and firm, quite flexible.
- Flagella of an antennule long, whip like, longer than peduncle of antennule.
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