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Nephrops norvegicus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Norway 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: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: C: Refs. 4, 94731, 94739; M: Ref. 74504; O: Ref. 76721.
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

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Classification / Names / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

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

; profondeur 20 - 800 m (Ref. 441), usually 200 - 600 m (Ref. 88009).   Temperate, preferred 16°C (Ref. 107945); 72°N - 27°N, 25°W - 27°E

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: From Finnmark, Norway south to Libya west to the Canary Is. and east to Aegean Sea. Subtropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm 3.2, range 2 - 5.5 cm Max length : 24.0 cm BL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 441); common length : 19.0 cm BL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 441)

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Total body length: 8 to 24 cm, usually between 10 to 20 cm (Ref. 4). Found in the continental shelf and slope (Ref. 94799). Epibenthic (Ref. 87524). Sedentary (Ref. 94799). Inhabits muddy bottoms in which it digs its burrows. Nocturnal and feeds on detritus, crustaceans and worms (Ref. 4). An active predator or scavenger (Ref. 94757). Another isotope data (δ15N=6.26±0.14, n=3, Ref. 106518).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Ovigerous females are found practically throughout the year, the eggs laid around July are carried for about 9 months (Ref. 4). 1 brood per year (Ref. 81133); 1.6 cm postlarval size (Ref. 81161); 1 month of pelagic period (Ref. 81160).

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

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

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
FAO - pêcheries: landings, species profile | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Outils

E-book | Guide de terrain

Sources Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pêcheries: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Arbre de Vie | Wikipedia (Go, chercher) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.3 - 13.7, mean 7.8 (based on 273 cells).
Résilience (Ref. 69278) Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (K=0.03-0.44; tm=2).
Prior r = 0.50, 95% CL = 0.33 - 0.75, Based on 36 full stock assessments.
Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Very high.