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Homarus gammarus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

European lobster

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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France country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: highly commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: restricted | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Legal Tlmin of capture of 23 cm (Lc=8.0 cm) deemed too small by the ACFM in 1978 and has since been increased (Ref. 80921). M: Ref. 74504.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Holthuis, L.B., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Europæisk hummer, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Nephropidae (clawed crabs)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

; djupintervall 0 - 150 m (Ref. 4), usually ? - 50 m (Ref. 4).   Subtropical, preferred 12°C (Ref. 107945); 69°N - 29°N, 28°W - 32°E (Ref. 4)

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea. Not in east of Crete and in the Baltic Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm 8.9, range 8 - 8.3 cm Max length : 65.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 441); common length : 40.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 441); publicerad maxvikt: 6.0 kg (Ref. 4); rapporterad maxålder: 72 år (Ref. 81081)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Common total length: 23 to 50 cm. Occurs on the continental shelf at depths of 0 to 150 m, usually not deeper than 50 m. Found on hard substrates such as rock or hard mud. Nocturnal and territorial living in holes or crevices. Females with eggs are usually found throughout the year. The eggs are laid around July and carried for 10 to 11 months (Ref. 4). Indiscriminate scavengers, omnivorous or carnivorous. Feeds primarily on malacostracan crustaceans, gastropod mollusks, and polychaete annelids; but diet known to include carrion, echinoderms, lamellibranchs and plant matter (Ref. 96319).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

Females with eggs are usually found throughout the year. The eggs are laid around July and carried for 10 to 11 months (Ref. 4). Coupling occurs a few days after the female molts (Ref. 80921).

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 December 2009

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiellt viktig; Vattenbruk: experimentell
FAO - fiskeri: landings, species profile | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Verktyg

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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(fiskeri: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.7 - 13.3, mean 10.4 (based on 494 cells).
Resiliens (Ref. 69278) Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (K=0.79-1.0; Fec=13,000).
Prior r = 0.37, 95% CL = 0.25 - 0.56, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.