Lobsters are invertebrates with a hard protective exoskeleton. Like most arthropods, lobsters must moult to grow, which leaves them vulnerable. During the moulting process, several species change color. Lobsters have eight walking legs; the front three pairs bear claws, the first of which are larger than the others. The front pincers are also biologically considered legs, so they belong in the order Decapods ("ten-footed"). Although lobsters are largely bilaterally symmetrical like most other arthropods, some genera possess unequal, specialized claws. Learn more about Lobster
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Baba's Crinoid Squat Lobster (2 videos) | Allogalathea babai | Not Available |
Banded Lobster (2 videos) | Eunephrops manningi | Data deficient |
Blue Spiny Lobster (24 videos) | Panulirus inflatus | Least concern |
Blunt Slipper Lobster (4 videos) | Scyllarides squammosus | Least concern |
Bullseye Reef Lobster (1 videos) | Enoplometopus holthuisi | Data deficient |
California Spiny Lobster (29 videos) | Panulirus interruptus | Least concern |
Caribbean Spiny Lobster (14 videos) | Panulirus argus | Data deficient |
Common Spiny Lobster (18 videos) | Palinurus elephas | Not Available |
Elegant Crinoid Squat Lobster (18 videos) | Allogalathea elegans | Not Available |
European Lobster (118 videos) | Homarus gammarus | Least concern |
Green Spiny Lobster (11 videos) | Panulirus gracilis | Data deficient |
Hairy Squat Lobster (13 videos) | Lauriea siagiani | Not Available |
Japanese Spiny Lobster (1 videos) | Panulirus japonicus | Data deficient |
Longlegged Spiny Lobster (37 videos) | Panulirus longipes | Least concern |
Mediterranean Slipper Lobster (5 videos) | Scyllarides latus | Data deficient |
Norway Lobster (71 videos) | Nephrops norvegicus | Least concern |
Ornate Spiny Lobster (16 videos) | Panulirus ornatus | Least concern |
Painted Spiny Lobster (31 videos) | Panulirus versicolor | Least concern |
Pronghorn Spiny Lobster (18 videos) | Panulirus penicillatus | Least concern |
Red Banded Lobster (2 videos) | Justitia longimana | Not Available |
Red Lobster (2 videos) | Eunephrops bairdii | Data deficient |
Red Reef Lobster (11 videos) | Enoplometopus occidentalis | Least concern |
Red-banded Lobster (2 videos) | Metanephrops thomsoni | Data deficient |
Regal Slipper Lobster (6 videos) | Arctides regalis | Least concern |
Ridged Slipper Lobster (5 videos) | Scyllarides nodifer | Least concern |
Scalloped Spiny Lobster (2 videos) | Panulirus homarus | Least concern |
Sculptured Mitten Lobster (17 videos) | Parribacus antarcticus | Least concern |
Small Spanish Lobster (2 videos) | Arctides guineensis | Least concern |
Spanish Slipper Lobster (2 videos) | Scyllarides aequinoctialis | Least concern |
Spider Squat Lobster (1 videos) | Chirostylus sandyi | Not Available |
Spotted Spiny Lobster (1 videos) | Panulirus guttatus | Least concern |
Stripe-leg Spiny Lobster (2 videos) | Panulirus femoristriga | Least concern |
West Indian Furrow Lobster (1 videos) | Justitia longimanus | Data deficient |