Alan Davidson

Dublin Bay Prawn, Norway Lobster

Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus)

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By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

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Family Nephropidae

  • Portuguese: Lagostim
  • Spanish: Cigala *
  • French: Langoustine
  • Dutch: Noorse kreeft
  • German: Kaisergranat
  • Swedish: Havskräfta
  • Norwegian: Sjøkreps, Bokstavhummer
  • Danish: Jomfruhummer
  • Icelandic: Leturhumar

REMARKS Maximum length, not counting the claws, 24 cm. The carapace is pale pink, rose or orange-red; the claws are banded in red and white.

The Norway lobster lives on a muddy sea bottom, in burrows, from which it emerges at night to seek food. Its range is from Iceland down to Morocco and the west and central Mediterranean. There is a numerous colony in the Adriatic, which has for long been exploited by the Italians.