California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus). This ventral view shows 5 pairs of walking legs, the muscular and flexible abdomen (with attached pleopods), and the fanlike telson (the actual "tail" of the lobster).
Description:
Specimens were found within the intertidal zone, amongst surfgrass. La Jolla, California
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- Opisthokonta
- Metazoa
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- Protostomia
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- Pancrustacea
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- Eucarida
- Decapoda
- Pleocyemata (pleocyematans)
- Achelata (bugs)
- Palinuridae
- Panulirus (Spiny Lobsters)
- Panulirus interruptus (California Spiny Lobster)
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