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Descriptor English: Palinuridae
Descriptor Spanish: Palinuridae
Descriptor Palinuridae
Scope note: Familia de CRUSTACEA marina, orden DECAPODA, a la que pertenecen las langostas sin pinzas. Su hábitat son las aguas tropicales y subtropicales, y se caracterizan por poseer espinas cortas a lo largo del cuerpo y la cola.
Descriptor Portuguese: Palinuridae
Descriptor French: Palinuridae
Entry term(s): Lobster, Spiny
Lobsters, Spiny
Panulirus
Spiny Lobster
Spiny Lobsters
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.365.190.625
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D033521
Scope note: A family of marine CRUSTACEA, in the order DECAPODA, comprising the clawless lobsters. They are found in tropical and subtropical waters and characterized by short spines along the length of the tail and body.
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Nephropidae (1971-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 36551
Unique ID: D033521
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Palinuridae - Preferred
Concept UI M0403107
Scope note A family of marine CRUSTACEA, in the order DECAPODA, comprising the clawless lobsters. They are found in tropical and subtropical waters and characterized by short spines along the length of the tail and body.
Preferred term Palinuridae
Entry term(s) Lobster, Spiny
Lobsters, Spiny
Spiny Lobster
Spiny Lobsters
Panulirus - Narrower
Concept UI M0403108
Preferred term Panulirus



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