Common lobster  (Homarus gammarus)

Facts

Previously known as:Homarus vulgaris
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Order Decapoda
Family Nephropidae
Genus Homarus (1)
Size Body length: up to 1 m (2)
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Status

Common and widespread (2).