Pink lobster
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| Palinurus mauritanicus | ||||||||||||
| Gruvel , 1911 |
The pink lobster ( Palinurus mauritanicus ) is found in the eastern Atlantic from western Ireland to southern Senegal and is also found in the western Mediterranean . In contrast, it is not represented in the Adriatic . It lives on rock bottoms, coral substrates and also mud bottoms at a depth of 180 to 600 meters. In the western Mediterranean, it is most commonly found between 400 and 500 meters.
features
The maximum body length of this lobster species is 50 centimeters. As a rule, however, the representatives of this species reach body length between 20 and 40 centimeters. She lives sociable at times.
literature
- Helmut Debelius: Cancer Guide. Shrimp, crab, lobster, lobster, mantis shrimp. Publishing year Top, January 2000, ISBN 3 86132 504 7
Web link
- Palinurus mauritanicus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Butler, M., Cockcroft, A. & MacDiarmid, A., 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2014.