Common Lobster (Homarus gammarus)

InvertebrateverifiedLeast Concern

Homarus gammarus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Lobster

Also known as: Europese Zeekreeft, European Clawed Lobster, European Lobster, Lobster, Maine Lobster

Verified againstWoRMS

About

Max size

65 cm

Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Nephropidae

Where to find it

rare

Denmark Ireland Sweden United Kingdom

Other species in Nephropidae

Dublin Bay Lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Nephrops norvegicus

Dublin Bay Lobster

Rosy Lobsterette (Nephropsis rosea)

Nephropsis rosea

Rosy Lobsterette

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