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Green Spiny Lobster

Panulirus gracilis

578 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 9, February 14, March 5, April 2, May 2, June 5, July 10, August 5, September 0, October 1, November 2, December 6.
Costa Rica61
Provincia Puntarenas34
Ecuador33
Provincia Guanacaste27
Manabi16
Peru15
Galápagos12
Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima11
Panama7
Mexico5

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilySpiny Lobsters · Palinuridae
GenusPanulirus

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