Norway Lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

''Nephrops norvegicus'', known variously as the Norway lobster, Dublin Bay prawn, ' or ''scampi'', is a slim, orange-pink lobster which grows up to 25 cm long, and is "the most important commercial crustacean in Europe". It is now the only extant species in the genus ''Nephrops'', after several other species were moved to the closely related genus ''Metanephrops''. It lives in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean, and parts of the Mediterranean Sea, but is absent from the Baltic Sea and Black Sea. Adults emerge from their burrows at night to feed on worms and fish.