American lobster
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| phylum | Arthropoda | The American lobster, Homarus americanus, is a species of lobster found on the Atlantic coast of North America, chiefly from Labrador to New Jersey. It is also known as true lobster, northern lobster, or Maine lobster. It can reach a body length of 64 cm (25 in), and a mass of over 20 kilograms (44 lb), making it not only the heaviest crustacean in the world, but also the heaviest of all living arthropod species.
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| Subphyllum | Crustacea | |
| order | Decapoda | |
| infraorder | Astacidea | |
| family | Nephropidae | |
| genus | Homarus | |
| species | H. americanus |
