What is Spiny lobster?
{{Taxobox | name = Spiny lobsters | image = Lobster_300.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''[[California spiny lobster|Panulirus interruptus]]'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | subphylum = [[Crustacean|Crustacea]] | classis = [[Malacostraca]] | ordo = [[Decapoda]] | familia = '''Palinuridae''' | familia_authority = [[Pierre André Latreille|Latreille]], 1802 | subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]] | subdivision = ''[[Jasus]]''<br/> ''[[Linuparus]]''<br/> ''[[Palinurus (genus)|Palinurus]]''<br/> ''[[Panulirus]]'' }} '''Spiny lobsters''', also known as '''rock lobsters''' are a family ('''Palinuridae''') of about 45 [[species]] of <!-- [[Achelata|achelate]] --> [[crustacean]]s, in the [[Decapoda]] [[Reptantia]]. Spiny lobsters are also called ''[[crayfish]]'', ''sea crayfish'' or ''crawfish''. Although they superficially resemble [[lobster|true lobsters]] in terms of overall shape, and that they also have a hard [[carapace]] and [[exoskeleton]], the two groups are not closely related. Spiny lobsters can be easily distinguished from true lobsters by their very long, thick, spiny [[Antenna (biology)|antennae]], and by their complete lack of [[claw]]s (''chelae''); true lobsters have much smaller antennae and claws on the first three pairs of [[arthropod leg|legs]], with the first being particularly enlarged. Like true lobsters, however, spiny lobsters are edible and are an economically significant food source; they are the biggest food export of the [[Bahamas]]&nbsp;.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.internationalreports.net/theamericas/bahamas/2003/thespiny.html |title=The 'spiny' focus of fisheries |publisher=[[InternationalReports.net]] |year=2003 |access-date=2007-01-21 |archive-date=2008-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121192929/http://www.internationalreports.net/theamericas/bahamas/2003/thespiny.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Spiny lobsters are found in almost all warm seas, including the [[Caribbean]] and the [[Mediterranean Sea]], but are particularly common