Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
#nm_0558📍 International
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- Norway lobster
Compound: Norway + lobster Norway: named for the fishing grounds off the Norwegian coast, lobster: large clawed crustacean ↳ lobster from Middle English lopster, from Old English loppestre, likely an alteration of Latin locusta (locust) influenced by loppe (spider)
Norway lobster, a slender orange-pink lobster about 20 cm long with long narrow claws. Burrows in muddy seabed sediment at depths of 20-800 m. Found in the north-east Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
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