Nephrops norvegicus

Nephrops genus_authority = Leach (William Elford Leach), 1814 species = N. norvegicus binomial = Nephrops norvegicus binomial_authority = (Linnaeus (Carolus Linnaeus), 1758 (Systema Naturae)) synonyms = *Cancer norvegicus Linnaeus, 1758 *Astacus norvegicus Fabricius, 1775 *Homarus norvegicus Weber, 1795 *Astacus rugosus Rafinesque, 1814 *Nephropsis cornubiensis Bate and Rowe, 1880 synonyms_ref =  

The Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, is a slim, orange-pink lobster which grows up to convert24cm long . It is now the only species in the genus Nephrops, several other species having been moved to the genus Metanephrops. N. norvegicus is found in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and North Sea as far north as Iceland and northern Norway, and south to Portugal. It is not common in the Mediterranean Sea except in the Adriatic Sea , notably the north Adriatic . The species is also called the Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine (compare langostino) or scampi (Italian (Italian Language): scampo singular, scampi plural).