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By the time it reaches the minimum landing size, an individual may have molted 25–27 times, and thereafter each molt may signal a 40%–50% increase in weight, and a 14% increase in carapace length. [42] If threatened, adult lobsters will generally choose to fight unless they have lost their claws. [44]
These first known instances of lobster cannibalism in the wild are theorized to be attributed to a local population explosion among lobsters caused by the disappearance of many of the Maine lobsters' natural predators. [54] In general, lobsters are 25–50 cm (10–20 in) long and move by slowly walking on the sea floor.
The California spiny lobster is one of the largest spiny lobster species, [4] and grows up to 60 centimeters (24 in) long, but does not usually exceed 30 cm (12 in). [3] Males can weigh up to 7.4 kilograms (16 lb)., [ 4 ] with the record being a 16 lbs., 1 oz. male caught off Catalina island in 1968.
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Despite its shiny red exoskeleton and reputation as a bug of the sea, the lobster — though far from the world’s strangest delicacy — has long reigned as an unlikely luxury staple.
Spiny lobsters can be easily distinguished from true lobsters by their very long, thick, spiny antennae, by the lack of chelae (claws) on the first four pairs of walking legs, although the females of most species have a small claw on the fifth pair, [6] and by a particularly specialized larval phase called phyllosoma.
The rules about the minimum and maximum sizes of lobsters that can be trapped off New England could soon become stricter, potentially bringing big changes to one of the most valuable seafood ...
Nephrops norvegicus at Cretaquarium in Greece. Nephrops norvegicus has the typical body shape of a lobster, albeit narrower than the large genus Homarus. [3] It is pale orange in colour, and grows to a typical length of 18–20 centimetres (7–8 in), or exceptionally 25 cm (10 in) long, including the tail and claws. [4]