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ANIMALS OF THE SEASHORE 



Fig. 40 

 Homarus americanus Milne-Edwards 



Reptantia 



1. Astacura 



Homarus americanus Milne-Edwards (Lobster) 



Fig. 40 



The common Lobster of the North Atlantic 

 Coast which is known from Labrador to Delaware 

 and locally farther south. In the northern part of 

 New Jersey lobsters are taken near shore, but in the 

 Cape May region they are confined to the colder 

 water farther off shore. 



Some years ago lobsters were "planted" on the 

 Rock Pile at Cape May, but none are present there 

 today. They are fairly numerous among the rocks 

 at the Breakwater at Lewes, Delaware. 



