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Homarus gammarus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

European lobster

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Homarus gammarus

Denmark country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/da.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 Populaire namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

; diepteverspreiding 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)

Verspreiding Landen | FAO regio's | Ecosystems | Voorkomen | Introducties

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

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: Lm 8.9, range 8 - 8.3 cm Max length : 65.0 cm TL mannelijk/geslacht niet bekend; (Ref. 441); common length : 40.0 cm TL mannelijk/geslacht niet bekend; (Ref. 441); Maximaal gepubliceerd gewicht: 6.0 kg (Ref. 4); Maximaal vermelde leeftijd: 72 jaren (Ref. 81081)

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (b.v. 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 Geslachtsrijpheid | Voortplanting | Kuitschieten | Eieren | Fecundity | Larven

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).

Voornaamste referentie Referenties | Coördinator | Medewerkers

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

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Niet bedreigd (LC) ; Date assessed: 05 December 2009

Status bij CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: van groot commercieel belang; Aquacultuur: experimenteel
FAO - Visserij: landings, soortsprofiel | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

E-book | Veldgids

Internet-bronnen

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Visserij: soortsprofiel; publication : search) | GenBank (genoom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (ga naar, zoek) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.7 - 13.3, mean 10.4 (based on 494 cells).
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 69278) Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (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.
Kwetsbaarheid (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766): Very high.