Though a less sophisticated creature than some it its clawless counterparts, the American lobster, scientific name Homarus americanus, is astonishingling abundant. Nowhere in the world, however, is the seafloor as densely populated with lobsters as in the Gulf of Maine. The unicorn and buffalo blunt-horn lobsters inspire admiration the African spear lobster, the Arabian whip lobster, and the rough Spanish lobster demand respect. What people are saying - Write a review User. There are marbled mitten lobsters, velvet fan lobsters, and even a musical furry lobster. The Secret Life of Lobsters is a rollicking oceanic odyssey punctuated by salt spray, melted butter, and predators lurking in the murky depths. There is a hunchback locust lobster and a regal slipper lobster. The eccentric diversity of the world's lobsters has earned them some of the most whimsical names in the animal kingdom. Flattened lobsters with heads like shovels scurry and burrow in the Mediterranean and the Galapagos. Clawless lobsters with antennae like spikes migrate in clans in the Caribbean and the South Pacific. Lobsters with claws like hair combs sift mud in offshore trenches.

The oceans of the earth abound with lobsters.

The secret life of lobsters