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Tourism--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Service industries--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Flora and fauna
Public marine aquariums--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Aquarium animals
Aquatic animals
Aquatic invertebrates
Shellfish
Arthropoda
Crustacea
Decapoda (Crustacea)
Lobsters
Spiny lobsters
Panulirus
Caribbean spiny lobster
Malacostraca
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The Miami Seaquarium was opened on September 24, 1955 by Fred D. Coppock and Capt. W.B. Gray. It is the longest operating oceanarium in the United States.
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Chicago Manual of Style
Wood, Carleton. Florida spiny lobsters at the Miami Seaquarium attraction. 1957. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/243959>, accessed 21 June 2026.
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Wood, Carleton. Florida spiny lobsters at the Miami Seaquarium attraction. 1957. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/243959>
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(State Archives of Florida/Wood)
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