Homarus gammarus, European lobster : fisheries, aquaculture

Homarus gammarus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

European lobster

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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Nephropidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

; εύρος βάθους 0 - 150 m (Αναφ. 4), usually ? - 50 m (Αναφ. 4).  Subtropical, preferred 12°C (Αναφ. 107945); 69°N - 29°N, 28°W - 32°E (Αναφ. 4)

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

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

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm 8.9, range 8 - 8.3 cm Max length : 65.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 441); common length : 40.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 441); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 6.0 kg (Αναφ. 4); μεγ. αναφερόμενη ηλικία: 72 έτη (Αναφ. 81081)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. 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 Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae

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).

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

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. (Αναφ. 4)

IUCN Red List Status (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)

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

CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

αλιεία: πολύ εμπορικό; Υδατοκαλλιέργειες: πειραματικό
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Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(αλιεία: species profile; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.7 - 13.3, mean 10.4 (based on 494 cells).
Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 69278): Υψηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού < 15 μήνες (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.
Fishing Vulnerability (Αναφ. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Αναφ. 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100).
Price category (Αναφ. 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.