Nature Atlas

How Nature Works
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Species

Norway Lobster

Crustaceans

Citation Formats

General Reference

APA Style

BibTeX

The Norway lobster is a slender, orange-pink lobster found on muddy seafloors of the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, where it digs and lives in a burrow that it rarely strays far from. It is largely nocturnal, emerging mostly at night or in low light to forage, and is one of Europe's most commercially valuable crustaceans, sold and served under names including scampi and langoustine. Its long, narrow claws distinguish it from the stockier true lobsters found in the same waters.

Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.

View At A Past Year

The atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.