Homarus americanus, American lobster : fisheries
Advertisement

You can sponsor this page

Homarus americanus   Milne-Edwards, 1837

American lobster

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.
Homarus americanus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
Hochladen Photos 
Alle Bilder | Google Bild |
Image of Homarus americanus (American lobster)
Homarus americanus
Picture by Harvey-Clark, Chris

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Nephropidae

Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet Ökologie

Benthic; tiefenbereich 0 - 480 m (Ref. 4), usually 4 - 50 m (Ref. 4).  Temperate; 15°C - 20°C (Ref. 138195), preferred 16°C (Ref. 138195); 54°N - 35°N, 78°W - 52°W

Verbreitung Territories | FAO Gebiete | Ökosysteme | Vorkommen | Einführungen

Western Atlantic: Newfoundland to North Carolina. Introduced in Ireland, Norway and Japan.

Länge bei der ersten Reifung / Größe / Gewicht / Alter

Geschlechtsreife: Lm 8.8, range 7 - 9 cm Max length : 114 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 81053); common length : 25.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 4); max. veröff. Gewicht: 1.7 kg (Ref. 81053)

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Benthic in coastal and shelf waters (Ref. 4'>106894). Possibly a selective feeder, preying mainly on crabs, echinoderms, mussels and polychaetes but also ingesting algae and seaweeds, with a complex foraging behavior and thus capable of maintaining gross diet composition despite of sharp variations in prey availability, seasonality and ontogenetic changes, e.g., molt- and size-related diet shifts (Ref. 4'>33024). Migration does not occur, or only to a limited scale (Ref. 4).

Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | Larven

The females carry their eggs for 10 to 11 months, ovigerous females are found throughout the year (Ref. 4). 0.5 broods per year (Ref. 81148); 0.15 cm postlarval size (Ref. 81158); 1 month pelagic period (Ref. 81159).

Hauptreferenz Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

Holthuis, L.B. 1991 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(13):292p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 4)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  nicht bedroht (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2009

CITES Status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: hoch kommerziell
FAO - Fischereien: Artbeschreibung, landings search; Publication: search | FishSource | Das Meer um uns herum

Tools

Mehr Information

Ökologie
Populationsdynamik
Wachstum
Max. Alter/Größen
Länge-Gewicht-Rel.
Länge-Länge-Verhältnis.
Längenhäufigkeiten
Massenkonvertierung
Dichte
Lebenszyklus
Fortpflanzung
Geschlechtsreife
Fruchtbarkeit
Ablaichen
Eier
Eientwicklung
Larven
Physiologie
Sauerstoffverbrauch
Menschenbezogen
Briefmarken, Münzen, Verschiedenes.
Aufsuchen
Taxonomie
Referenzen

Internet Quellen

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Fischereien: Artbeschreibung, landings search; Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (Genom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Gehe zu, Suchen) | Zoologischer Rekord

Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen

Widerstandsfähigkeit
(Ref. 69278):
niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert 4,5 - 14 Jahre. (K=0.07-0.09; tm=5)
Rate of population increase
Prior r = 0.47, 95% CL = 0.31 - 0.71, Based on 2 full stock assessments.
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei
(Ref. 71543)
High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100).
Klimaanfälligkeit
(Ref. 125649)
Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100)
Preiskategorie
(Ref. 80766):
Very high.
Nutrients
Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.