APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Decapoda (Order) > Macrura Reptantia (Suborder) > Achelata (Infraorder) > Palinuridae (Family)
Palinurus
Palinurus elephas (Fabricius, 1787)
- Crayfish, Sea crawfish or Common spiny lobster
Slipper lobsters
Decapoda (Order) > Macrura Reptantia (Suborder) > Achelata (Infraorder) > Scyllaridae (Family) > Scyllarinae (Subfamily)
Scyllarus
Scyllarus arctus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lesser slipper or Sand lobster
Lobsters
Decapoda (Order) > Macrura Reptantia (Suborder) > Astacidea (Infraorder) > Nephropoidea (Superfamily) > Nephropidae (Family)
Homarus
Homarus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
- American lobster (invasive non-native species)
Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common or European lobster
Nephrops
Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Langoustine or Norway lobster
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European Names - Lobsters, Hummer, Langusten, Langoesten, Langoustes, Langostas, Aragoste.
