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Norway lobster

LC control no.sh 85092703
Topical headingNorway lobster
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Variant(s)Dublin Bay prawn
Langoustine
Nephrops norvegicus
Prawn, Dublin Bay
See alsoNephrops
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Found inWikipedia, Dec. 13, 2010 (The Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, is a slim, orange-pink lobster which grows up to 25 cm (10 in) long, and is "the most important commercial crustacean in Europe". The species is also called the Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine, or scampi (Italian: scampo singular, scampi plural). It is now the only extant species in the genus Nephrops, several other species having been moved to the genus Metanephrops)
Merriam-Webster online dict., Dec. 13, 2010 (langoustine: a small edible lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) of European seas having long slender claws --called also Dublin Bay prawn, Norway lobster)
ITIS, 20 Dec. 2010 (Nephrops norvegicus; Norway lobster; valid, verified)