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The lobster has a rigid, segmented body covering (exoskeleton) and five pairs of legs, one or more pairs of which are often modified into pincers (chelae) with the chela on one side usually larger than that on the other. The true lobsters (Homaridae) have claws on the first three pairs of legs, with very large claws on the first pair. The American lobster ( Homarus americanus ) and the Norway lobster, also known as Dublin Bay prawn and scampi ( Nephrops norvegicus ), are the most valuable and are often marketed alive; the heavily muscled abdomen and claws are the parts eaten. found in waters from Labrador to North Carolina, sometimes dwells in shallow water but is more abundant in deeper water down to 200 fathoms (1,200 feet [366 m]). Lobsters caught in shallow water weigh about 0.45 kg (about one pound) and are about 25 cm (about 10 inches) long. The red colour of lobsters is caused by immersion in hot water. Unlike true lobsters, spiny lobsters (Palinuridae), so called bec! ause of their very spiny bodies, do not have large claws. Usually only the abdomen is eaten and is marketed as lobster tail. Two palinurid species are commercially important in America: Palinurus interruptus, the California spiny lobster of the Pacific coast, and P. Jasus lalandei, the commercially important South African rock lobster, occurs in waters around South Africa. lobster water