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title: "Amerikaanse zeekreeft"
description: "Homarus americanus — Andere dieren. The American lobster (Homarus americanus) is a species of lobster found on the Atlantic coast of North America, chiefly from Labrador to New Jersey."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/american-lobster
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Amerikaanse zeekreeft

> Homarus americanus — Andere dieren. The American lobster (Homarus americanus) is a species of lobster found on the Atlantic coast of North America, chiefly from Labrador to New Jersey.

- Scientific name: *Homarus americanus*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 4553
- Wikidata: [Q37668](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37668)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61383](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61383)

## Names

- en: American Lobster
- de: Nordhummer
- es: Bogavante americano
- fr: Homard Américain
- nl: Amerikaanse zeekreeft
- pl: Homar amerykański

## Countries with the most observations

CA (1980), US (1549), PM (8)

## Summary

The American lobster (Homarus americanus) is a species of lobster found on the Atlantic coast of North America, chiefly from Labrador to New Jersey. It is also known as Atlantic lobster, Canadian lobster, northern lobster, Canadian Reds, or Maine lobster. It is sometimes called the true lobster or common lobster, but those names are ambiguous. It can reach a body length of 64 cm (25 in), and a mass of over 20 kilograms (44 lb), making it not only the heaviest crustacean in the world, but also the heaviest of all living arthropod species. Its closest relative is the European lobster Homarus gammarus, which can be distinguished…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_lobster

## Photo

![Amerikaanse zeekreeft](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-lobster/medium.jpg)

Photo: kristinpiston · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182032186

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/american-lobster?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).