COMMON NAMES:
American Lobster, northern lobster, maine lobster, clawed lobster.
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Homarus americanus
DESCRIPTION:
The
unmistakable American lobster has large orange/red tipped claws. Its
carapace and adomen are generally shades of orange/brown fading to
blue/black. Mottling is sometimes present. It can weigh as much as 20kg
making it the heaviest crustacean in the world.
RANGE:
Western Atlantic Ocean from Labrador in Canada to North Carolina.
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