Nephrops norvegicus
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Nephrops norvegicus, commonly known as the Norway lobster or Dublin Bay prawn, is a commercially important burrowing crustacean found in muddy seabed habitats of the northeastern Atlantic and adjacent seas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nephrops norvegicus canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crustacean
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
| associatedSea | Dublin Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| behavior |
burrow dwelling
ⓘ
nocturnal foraging ⓘ |
| binomialName | Nephrops norvegicus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyLength | up to about 24 cm ⓘ |
| class | Malacostraca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commercialImportance | high ⓘ |
| commercialUse | seafood ⓘ |
| commonName |
Dublin Bay prawn
ⓘ
Norway lobster NERFINISHED ⓘ scampi ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| diet |
benthic invertebrates
ⓘ
small fish ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
benthic predator
ⓘ
prey for demersal fish ⓘ |
| family | Nephropidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fisheryType | trawl fishery target ⓘ |
| fishingMethod |
creels
ⓘ
otter trawls ⓘ |
| genus | Nephrops NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Celtic Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern Atlantic Ocean ⓘ parts of the Adriatic Sea ⓘ |
| habitat |
burrows in soft sediment
ⓘ
muddy seabed ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | 800 m ⓘ |
| minimumDepth | 20 m ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
elongated body
ⓘ
long narrow claws ⓘ orange-pink coloration ⓘ well-developed rostrum ⓘ |
| order | Decapoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productForm |
frozen scampi tails
ⓘ
whole fresh Norway lobster ⓘ |
| reproduction |
external fertilization
ⓘ
females carry eggs on pleopods ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| typicalDepthRange | 200–400 m ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1758 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.