Panulirus gracilis
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| Panulirus gracilis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Palinuridae |
| Genus: | Panulirus |
| Species: | P. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Panulirus gracilis Streets, 1871 | |
Panulirus gracilis,[2] the green spiny lobster, is a crustacean species described by Thomas Hale Streets 1871. Panulirus gracilis is part of the genus Panulirus and the Palinuridae family .[3][4] IUCN categorizes the species globally as insufficiently studied.[1] No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.[3]
The species is frequently captured under legal size, which jeopardizes it reproductive cycle.[5]
