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Jasus edwardsii Red Rock Lobster, New Zealand Spiny Lobster, Tasmanian Lobster

Jasus edwardsii is commonly referred to as Red Rock Lobster, New Zealand Spiny Lobster, Tasmanian Lobster. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Southern Rock Lobster,Jasus edwardsii 2020

Red Rock Lobster,Spiny Rock Lobster,Südlicher Felsenhummer, Kaplanguste
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lexID:
9507 
AphiaID:
382879 
Scientific:
Jasus edwardsii 
German:
Südlicher Felsenhummer, Neuseeländische Languste, Australische Languste 
English:
Red Rock Lobster, New Zealand Spiny Lobster, Tasmanian Lobster 
Category:
Langusty 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Palinuridae (Family) > Jasus (Genus) > edwardsii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Hutton, ), 1875 
Occurrence:
Australia, Chatham Islands, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, South Australia, Tasmania (Australia), Victoria (Australia), Western Australia 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
5 - 200 Meter 
Habitats:
Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
16.93" - 22.83" (43cm - 58cm) 
Temperature:
48.2 °F - 17,6 °F (9°C - 17,6°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion, Clams 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-04-27 19:45:41 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Jasus edwardsii are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Jasus edwardsii, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Jasus edwardsii, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Jasus edwardsii (Hutton, 1875)

Despite the name "Southern Rock Lobster", this crustacean is a spiny lobster endemic to the cooler waters of New Zealand and Australia at a depth range of 5 to 200 meters.

Males grow significantly larger than females, the animals prefer to eat mussels (Mytilus edulis planulatus) but also carrion.

Not an animal for tropical saltwater aquariums.

Synonymised names
Jasus (Jasus) edwardsii (Hutton, 1875) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Jasus (Jasus) novaehollandiae Holthuis, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Jasus novaehollandiae Holthuis, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Palinurus Edwardsii Hutton, 1875 · unaccepted > superseded combination

External links

  1. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. SeaLifeBase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Copyright Dr. Paddy Ryan, Foto: Fiordland-Nationalpark, Neuseeland
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Southern Rock Lobster,Jasus edwardsii 2020
Jasus edwardsii,Northland, Nueva Zelanda 2025

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