Panulirus gracilis

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]

Panulirus gracilis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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

The species is frequently captured under legal size, which jeopardizes it reproductive cycle.^[5]