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Spiny lobster. This crustacean is related to crabs, shrimp and crayfish. Its shell and legs are jointed and it has five pairs of legs. The spiny lobster is also called crawfish or crayfish, and it lacks the claws seen in the true American lobster. In the western Atlantic there are six species of spiny lobster, of which Panulirus argus is the largest and economically most important throughout the Caribbean.