Classification of a Lobster
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Malacostroca
Family=Nephropidae
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Malacostroca
Family=Nephropidae
Ten Cool Facts
1.They have ten legs.
2.They are closely related to a shrimp and a crab.
3.Female lobster carry their eggs inside of their abdomen for up to a year!!
4.Poor eye sight but enhanced hearing and taste.
5.A very expensive delicacy all over the world.
6.Lobsters have not always been considered chic eats. In the 17th and 18th century, it was used as a fertilizer.
7.Lobsters are also found in freshwater.
8.They generally prefer to live in self-dug burrows, in rocky crevices, or hidden among sea grasses.
9.There are many different species of lobster, but they fall into some basic groups. Spiny, and Slipper Lobsters have no claws and are more closely related to the Squat Lobster.
10.Spiny Lobsters are commercially fished for their tails. Reef Lobsters and Crayfish are more closely related to the Clawed Lobster, the most well known of that family being the American or Maine Lobster.
2.They are closely related to a shrimp and a crab.
3.Female lobster carry their eggs inside of their abdomen for up to a year!!
4.Poor eye sight but enhanced hearing and taste.
5.A very expensive delicacy all over the world.
6.Lobsters have not always been considered chic eats. In the 17th and 18th century, it was used as a fertilizer.
7.Lobsters are also found in freshwater.
8.They generally prefer to live in self-dug burrows, in rocky crevices, or hidden among sea grasses.
9.There are many different species of lobster, but they fall into some basic groups. Spiny, and Slipper Lobsters have no claws and are more closely related to the Squat Lobster.
10.Spiny Lobsters are commercially fished for their tails. Reef Lobsters and Crayfish are more closely related to the Clawed Lobster, the most well known of that family being the American or Maine Lobster.
