American lobster

Japanese: アメリカンロブスター - あめりかんろぶすたー
American lobster

...They are found in the northern part of Miyagi Prefecture, Kyushu, Korea, and Taiwan, and are very rare in the Sea of ​​Japan. Attempts are being made to artificially transplant the American lobster Homarus americanus (illustration) to the coast of Iwate Prefecture, where spiny lobsters do not live. Lobsters are called sea crabs because they have large claws and no spines on their carapace, making them easily distinguishable from spiny lobsters. They belong to a different family, the Homarusidae, from the spiny lobster family. ...

From [Lobster]

…Although spiny lobsters are called spiny lobsters in English, they are not related to lobsters but belong to a completely different family. There are three species: American lobster H. americanus , which lives in the northwest Atlantic; European lobster H. vulgaris , which lives in the northeast Atlantic; and Cape lobster H. capensis , which lives in the southeast Atlantic. The American lobster in particular is a large species that can grow up to 1m in length, with an annual catch of 30,000 tons. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "American lobster" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…宮城県北部から九州,韓国,台湾に分布し,日本海にはごく少ない。イセエビが分布しない岩手県沿岸にアメリカンロブスターHomarus americanus(イラスト)を人為的に移殖する試みがなされている。ロブスターlobsterはウミザリガニと呼ばれるように,大きなはさみをもち,頭胸甲にとげがないのでイセエビとは一見して区別がつき,イセエビ科とは別のウミザリガニ科に属す。…

【ロブスター】より

…イセエビを英名でspiny lobsterと呼ぶが,ロブスターの仲間ではなく,まったく別の科に属する。北西大西洋産のアメリカンロブスターH.americanus,北東大西洋産のヨーロピアンロブスターH.vulgaris,南東大西洋産のケープロブスターH.capensisの3種からなる。とくにアメリカンロブスターは体長1mにもなる大型種で,年間漁獲量が3万tにも達する。…

※「アメリカンロブスター」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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