American Lobster
Homarus americanus
Category: Crabs & Lobsters
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Nephropidae
- Genus
- Homarus
Where to Find
Found in 4 diving areas across 2 countries and 2 regions.
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 26 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 1 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 7989 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 117924 records