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  Name Furry lobsters
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Arthropod a
  Subphylum Crustacea
  Classis Malacostraca
  Ordo Decapoda
  Infraordo Achelata
  Familia Palinuridae <br>(or '''Synaxidae''')
  Subdivision Ranks Genera and Species
  Subdivision ''Palinurellus gundlachi''<br/>''Palinurellus wieneckii''<br/>''Palibythus magnificus''


Furry lobsters (sometimes called '''coral lobsters''') are small Decapod Crustacea ns, closely related to the Slipper Lobster s and Spiny Lobster s. The Antennae are not as enlarged as in spiny and slipper lobsters, and the body is covered in short Hairs , hence the name furry lobster. Although previously considered a Family in their own right (Synaxidae Bate , 1881), the furry lobsters were subsumed into the family Palinuridae in 1990. There are two Genera , with three Species between them: