lobster

Latin: Homarus gammarus

Size:

50 cm (from brow to tip of tail) and 8 kg.

Levested:

Hard and soft seabed down to 50 meters.

Distribution:

Europe's coasts from the Mediterranean Sea northwards to Nordland in Norway.

Food:

Almost omnivorous

Facts about lobster

The claws of the lobster have different functions. One, the crusher claw, is very powerful and is used to crush shellfish, while the other, the scissor claw, is more slender and acts as a weapon.

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