Distribution diet and habitat

The diet of adult European lobsters, who hunt mainly nocturnaly, comprises mostly of  invertebrates such as crabs, molluscs, urchins, starfish and polychaete worms, but may also include some fish, algae and zooplankton.

habitat

The European lobster has been found from the Mediterranean Sea to Northern Norway and west to the Shetland Island and western Ireland. It is usually found in shallow waters less than 40 m deep, where it is night active and shelter in burrows during daytime. it is not an invasive species

Distribution

Homarus gammarus is found across the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean from northern Norway to the Azores and Morocco, not including the Baltic Sea. It is also present in most of the Mediterranean Sea, only missing from the section east of Crete, and along only the south-west coast of the Black Sea.The northernmost populations are found in the Norwegian fjords Tysfjorden and Nordfolda, inside the Arctic Circle.

The species can be divided into four genetically distinct populations, one widespread population, and three which have diverged due to small effective population sizes, possibly due to adaptation to the local environment.The first of these is the population of lobsters from northern Norway, which have been referred to as the "midnight-sun lobster".