''Metanephrops binghami'', the Caribbean lobster or Caribbean lobsterette, is a

lobster Lobsters are a family (biology), family (Nephropidae, Synonym (taxonomy), synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs ...

which inhabits the western

Atlantic region The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

: from the Bahamas and southern Florida to French Guiana, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

References

True lobsters Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean Crustaceans described in 1927 {{decapod-stub