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Lobsterman John R. Everett of Fairhaven, Massachusetts is shown bringing a lobster pot onboard his lobster boat.

The species of lobster caught in the waters of Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound that Mr. Everett is shown fishing is called Homarus Americanus. It is also known as the American Lobster, Massachusetts lobster, Maine lobster, North Atlantic lobster and more.

The lobster is an invertebrate, from the Class Crustacea and Phylum Anthropoda.