Homarus americanus American Lobster, Atlantic Lobster, True Lobster

Homarus americanus is commonly referred to as American Lobster, Atlantic Lobster, True Lobster. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Jeff Goddard, USA

Intertidal American lobster Homarus americanus.Under a cobble at East End Park, Portland, Maine.2007

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lexID:: 11891
AphiaID:: 156134

Scientific:: Homarus americanus
German:: Amerikanischer Hummer, Nördlicher Hummer, Maine-Hummer
English:: American Lobster, Atlantic Lobster, True Lobster

Category:: Hummer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Nephropidae (Family) > Homarus (Genus) > americanus (Species)
Initial determination:: H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Occurrence:: the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, East cost of USA, European Coasts, Gulf of Maine, Iceland, Invasive Species, Labrador Península, Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Scandinavia, West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 0 - 700 Meter
Size:: up to 25.2" (64 cm)
Temperature:: 0,8 °F - 30,5 °F (0,8°C - 30,5°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Amphipods, Barnacles, Bryozoans (sea mats), Carnivore, Chitons, Clam meat, Clams, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Crabs, Crustaceans, Decapods, Herbivorous, Invertebrates, Isopods, Lobster, Predatory, Schrimps, Sea Cucumbers, Sea squirts, Sea urchins, Sea weed, Small Sharks, Snails, Sponges, Starfishs, Worms
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown