European spiny lobster
Palinurus elephas
ok. 45 cmPrzykładowy osobnik · płeć nieokreślona
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European spiny lobster — size comparison
The European spiny lobster inhabits rocky seabeds in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. It usually leaves its shelter at night to search for food. It e
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approx. 45 cm
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European spiny lobster — size comparison — facts and sources
The European spiny lobster inhabits rocky seabeds in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. It usually leaves its shelter at night to search for food. It eats molluscs, echinoderms and other bottom-dwelling organisms. Studies have described returns to previously used shelters. Crevices protect it from predators and are particularly important after moulting.
The female cares for eggs carried beneath her abdomen before the larvae begin a planktonic stage. In parts of southwestern Britain it disappeared locally following exploitation in the twentieth century, with clearer signs of recovery emerging only many years later.
Przykład 45 cm długości całkowitej ciała, bez czułków; źródło podaje do 50 cm. Ilustracja AI jest przybliżeniem; oba ustawienia pokazują tę samą sylwetkę boczną.