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The main difference in types of lobsters can be seen by the claws or pinchers. The American or Maine Lobster has large front claws while the Florida Spiny Lobster does not. The clawed lobsters are often called cold water lobsters due to their normal habitat locations.
Spiny lobsters get their name from the forward-pointing spines that cover their bodies to help protect them from predators. They vary in color from almost white to dark red-orange. Two large, cream-colored spots on the top of the second segment of the tail make spiny lobsters easy to identify.
The American or Maine Lobster has large front claws while the Florida Spiny Lobster does not. The clawed lobsters are often called cold water lobsters due to their normal habitat locations. The spiny, rock, or Florida lobster is generally considered a warm water lobster.
True lobsters have much smaller antennae and claws on the first three pairs of legs, with the first being particularly enlarged. Spiny lobsters typically have a slightly compressed carapace, lacking any lateral ridges. Their antennae lack a scaphocerite, the flattened exopod of the antenna.
25 Μαρ 2020 · In Florida, a typical 3” carapace length lobster is approximately 2 years old with females becoming sexually reproductive with a carapace length of 2.75-3”. Lobsters spawn in the Florida Keys from March to August while in the Caribbean have been documented to spawn year long.
Florida lobsters, also known as spiny lobsters, do not have large claws like their northern counterparts because they belong to a different family of lobsters.
