European lobster

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The European lobster is a large clawed marine crustacean native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, prized as a seafood delicacy and known for its dark blue-black shell that turns bright red when cooked.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
European lobster canonical 2
Breton lobster 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf species of crustacean ⓘ
activityPattern nocturnal ⓘ
binomialName Homarus gammarus ⓘ
bodyColor blue-black ⓘ
dark blue ⓘ
bodyColorWhenCooked bright red ⓘ
class Malacostraca ⓘ
commercialUse fisheries ⓘ
seafood ⓘ
depthRange 0–150 m ⓘ
describedBy Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
development larval stages ⓘ
diet crustaceans ⓘ
dead organic matter ⓘ
echinoderms ⓘ
molluscs ⓘ
worms ⓘ
distributionLimitNorth northern Norway ⓘ
linked to: Northern Norway
distributionLimitSouth northwest Africa ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Africa
distributionLimitWest Iceland ⓘ
family Nephropidae ⓘ
feedingType omnivore ⓘ
fertilization external fertilization ⓘ
fishingMethod lobster pots ⓘ
traps ⓘ
foundIn coastal waters of Europe ⓘ
crevices and burrows ⓘ
rocky substrates ⓘ
genus Homarus ⓘ
habitat benthic zone ⓘ
continental shelf ⓘ
hasBodyPart abdomen ⓘ
antennae ⓘ
carapace ⓘ
crusher claw ⓘ
cutter claw ⓘ
two large claws ⓘ
walking legs ⓘ
hasExoskeleton chitinous exoskeleton ⓘ
IUCNStatus Least Concern ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
maximumLength about 60 cm ⓘ
maximumWeight about 5–6 kg ⓘ
nativeTo Baltic Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
eastern Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
occursAlongCoast British Isles ⓘ
France ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
order Decapoda ⓘ
phylum Arthropoda ⓘ
relatedTo American lobster ⓘ
reproduction sexual reproduction ⓘ
scientificNameAbbreviation H. gammarus ⓘ
linked to: Homarus gammarus
taxonRank species ⓘ
typicalLength 23–38 cm ⓘ
valuedFor culinary delicacy ⓘ
yearDescribed 1758 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American lobster → relatedTo → European lobster ⓘ
Lyme Bay → hasSpecies → European lobster ⓘ
Breton cuisine → notableDish → Breton lobster ⓘ
linked to: European lobster