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Homarus americanus

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Classifications [top]

List of Habitats:
9 Marine Neritic
9.2 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs
9.3 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel
9.4 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy
9.5 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy-Mud
9.6 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Muddy
9.7 Marine Neritic - Macroalgal/Kelp
9.9 Marine Neritic - Seagrass (Submerged)
10 Marine Oceanic
10.1 Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m)
10.2 Marine Oceanic - Mesopelagic (200-1000m)
List of Threats:
5 Biological resource use
5.4 Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources
5.4.1 Intentional use: (subsistence/small scale)
5.4.2 Intentional use: (large scale)
Citation: Wahle, R., Butler, M., Cockcroft, A. & MacDiarmid, A. 2011. Homarus americanus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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