Lobster

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• Neophoberinae
• Acanthacaris
• Thymopinae
• Nephropsis
• Nephropides
• Thymops
• Thymopsis
• Nephropinae
• Homarus
• Nephrops
• Homarinus
• Metanephrops
• Eunephrops
• Thymopides

Clawed lobsters comprise a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine crustaceans. They are important as an animal, a business and a food.

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Clawed lobsters should not be confused with spiny lobsters, which have no claws (chelae), and are not closely related. The closest relatives of clawed lobsters are the reef lobster Enoplometopus and the three families of freshwater crayfish.

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Smaller varieties are sometimes called "lobsterettes". Lobsters are invertebrates, and have a tough exoskeleton, which protects them. Like all arthropods, lobsters must molt in order to grow, leaving them vulnerable during this time. Lobsters are considered a food delicacy around the world. In Europe, they are extremely expensive; in some parts of North America, much less so.

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Spiny lobster: JasusLinuparusPalinurellusPalinurusPanulirusSpiny lobsters, also known as rock lobsters are a family (Palinuridae) of about 45 species of achelate crustaceans, in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also called crayfish, sea crayfish, or crawfish....

Crayfish: :For the crustaceans commonly known as "sea crayfish", see spiny lobster....

Invertebrate: Invertebrate is a term coined by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck to describe any animal without a spinal column. It therefore includes all animals except vertebrates (fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals)....




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