Lobster with two scissor claws

Latin: Homarus gammarus
Size:
50 cm (from brow horn to tip of tail) and 8 kg.
Levested:
Hard and soft seabed down to 50 meters.
Distribution:
Europe's coasts and north to Nordland in Norway.
Food:
Almost omnivorous
Facts about Lobster with two scissor claws

Lobsters usually have a crushing claw and a scissor claw. The crusher claw is very powerful and is used to crush shellfish, while the other, the scissor claw, is more slender and is used to cut up prey. Lobsters with two crush claws or two scissor claws are very rare.

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