European Lobster
HOMARUS GAMMARUS
There are two main species of lobster, one American, the other European. The European lobster is medium sized (up to 5 kg maximum) and rather blue and dark in colour. The American lobster is brown, is fished in winter and can occasionally weigh more than 15 kg (17 kg is the record).
To discover during the layover
Family
Arthropod family, Crustaceans
Distribution
Cold-temperate waters of the Atlantic, from Norway to Morocco and from the western and central Mediterranean
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