Species group · Malacostracans
Lobsters
WAnimals has 2 species of lobster, in the family Nephropidae.
- 2 species
- 1 family
- 42 countries
- 56 parks
- Weight
- 6 kg – 20.1 kg
- Length
- 64 cm – 65 cm
- Lifespan
- 42 – 100 years
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of lobsters on WAnimals
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
2 Least Concern
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Where they live
Recorded in 42 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
- Acadia1 species
- Aeolian Islands1 species
- Al Hoceima1 species
- Alonissos and the Northern Sporades1 species
- Alonissos Marine Park1 species
- Anticosti1 species
- Arcipelago Toscano1 species
- Arrábida1 species
- Asinara1 species
- Assateague Island1 species
- Beydağları1 species
- Brijuni1 species
- Aegadian Islands (Favignana)diving
- Aeolian Islands (Panarea/Stromboli)diving
- Aeolian Islands (Vulcano)diving
- Alboran Islanddiving
- Amalfi Coastdiving
- Amorgos (Le Grand Bleu wreck)diving
Did you know…?
It shows no clear sign of functional ageing: it goes on growing and breeding all its life.
From Common Lobster
It can regrow lost limbs.
From Common Lobster
Only 0.005% of the planktonic larvae survive to the juvenile bottom-dwelling stage.
From Common Lobster
It can live several decades and keeps growing all its life, moulting its exoskeleton periodically even when very old.
From American Lobster
It is the heaviest crustacean in the world and the heaviest living arthropod there is: the Guinness record is an individual of 20.1 kg caught off Nova Scotia.
From American Lobster
It never stops growing: it keeps moulting, breeding and regenerating legs throughout its life, with no apparent functional decline. It has been proposed as a species of negligible senescence.
From American Lobster