Name
Nephrops
Norway lobster
Framing
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Eucarida
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Nephrops
Habitat
Marine, benthic, muddy soft bottoms
Feeding
Omnivore (mainly predator)
Distribution
Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic coast from the British Isles to Morocco
Additional information
Straight solid forms, 3 first pereiopods with pincers, the first very developed, elongated, with edges and little flattened, kidney-shaped cornea, back with spines.
Additional information
Bibliography
- Aguzzi, J. & Sarda, F. (2008). A history of recent advancements on Nephrops norvergicus behavioral and physiological rhythms. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 18, 235-248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-007-9071-9
- Riedl, R. 1986. Fauna y flora del Mar Mediterráneo. Omega, Barcelona. (Disponible en Biblioteca de Ciencias)
- Santana, C.A. et al. (2020). Importance of suspended particulate organic matter in the diet of Nephrops norvergicus (Linnaeus, 1758). Scientific Reports 10 (1): 3387 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60367-x