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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).

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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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