American lobster
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The American lobster is a large, commercially important marine crustacean native to the cold waters of the northwest Atlantic Ocean, prized for its meat and central to New England fisheries and cuisine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American lobster canonical | 2 |
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marine invertebrate
ⓘ
species of crustacean ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| averageCommercialSize | about 0.7–1.4 kilograms ⓘ |
| binomialName |
Homarus
ⓘ
surface form:
Homarus americanus
|
| bodyColor | dark bluish green to greenish brown ⓘ |
| bodyLength | up to about 64 centimeters ⓘ |
| bodyMass | over 20 kilograms in exceptional individuals ⓘ |
| class | Malacostraca ⓘ |
| commercialUse |
human food
ⓘ
seafood ⓘ |
| commonName |
American lobster
self-link
ⓘ
Maine lobster ⓘ Northern lobster ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | icon of New England cuisine ⓘ |
| describedBy | Otto Friedrich Müller ⓘ |
| development | larval planktonic stages ⓘ |
| diet | omnivorous ⓘ |
| eats |
crustaceans
ⓘ
dead organic matter ⓘ echinoderms ⓘ mollusks ⓘ worms ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
central to New England fisheries
ⓘ
major commercial fishery species ⓘ |
| escapeBehavior | tail-flip swimming ⓘ |
| family | Nephropidae ⓘ |
| fertilization | internal fertilization ⓘ |
| fisheryMethod |
lobster pots
ⓘ
lobster traps ⓘ |
| fisheryRegion |
Canadian Atlantic coast
ⓘ
East Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
United States Atlantic coast
|
| foundIn |
Canadian Maritimes coastal waters
ⓘ
Gulf of Maine ⓘ Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
New England coastal waters ⓘ |
| genus | Homarus ⓘ |
| growthPattern | indeterminate growth ⓘ |
| habitat |
cold marine waters
ⓘ
continental shelf ⓘ rocky substrates ⓘ |
| hasBodyPart |
abdomen
ⓘ
antennae ⓘ cephalothorax ⓘ compound eyes ⓘ crusher claw ⓘ five pairs of walking legs ⓘ pincer claw ⓘ two large claws ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifespan | several decades ⓘ |
| locomotion | walking on seafloor ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
ⓘ
National Marine Fisheries Service ⓘ
surface form:
NOAA Fisheries
|
| maximumDepth | about 480 meters ⓘ |
| moltProcess | periodic shedding of exoskeleton ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area
ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Atlantic Ocean
coastal waters of North America ⓘ western North Atlantic ⓘ |
| order | Decapoda ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| rareColorMorph |
albino
ⓘ
blue ⓘ orange ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| relatedTo | European lobster ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| scientificDescriptionYear | 1775 ⓘ |
| sexualDimorphism | differences in swimmerets and tail shape ⓘ |
| subphylum | Crustacea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
climate change
ⓘ
ocean acidification ⓘ ocean warming ⓘ overfishing in localized areas ⓘ |
| typicalDepthRange | 4–50 meters ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.