I'm kind of grossed out - I'm using some lobster meat and am waiting for my husband to come home and take the shell off of it... because I'm scared to do it... I keep feeling like lobsters are so close to cockroaches...
2006-09-23 14:37:26 · 8 answers · asked by Mishy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
They're not. Think of how good the meat will taste.
Meanwhile, I'll look up the biological classification. But I think you'll see that they're not at all close. First, here's the bio classification for lobster:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Astacidea
Family: Nephropidae
Dana, 1852
Now here is the classification of roaches:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Blattodea
You might as well worry about how close cows are related to dogs, or grapes are related to poison ivy.
2006-09-23 14:40:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They aren't very closely related. Cockroaches are insects while lobsters are crustaceans. The lowest level at which they are the same is the phylum arthropoda (arthropods), which also includes things as widely varied as sowbugs, spiders, dragonflies, millipedes and even barnacles and (before they became extinct) trilobites.
You shouldn't be scared to take the shell off a lobster. It may be messy, but it won't be poisonous and it should all wash off with soap and water. And dead lobsters don't pinch like live ones do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroach
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster
2006-09-23 21:40:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are members of the same phylum (Arthropoda) so they are more closely related to each other than to, say, clams or starfishes. But they are in different classes (Crustacea vs. Insecta) so they are not all that closely related. Still, its fun to gross out zoology students by telling them "next time you are eating a lobster, remember that it's more closely related to a cockroach than to a clam or scallop". :-)
2006-09-24 00:48:32 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How are Lobsters anything like cockroaches?.. I would not eat a cockroach..
2006-09-23 21:45:27 · answer #4 · answered by sea_sher 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just think of the taste of lobster meat!!
2006-09-23 21:39:23 · answer #5 · answered by Catcanscratch 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ewww...thanks for ruining my supper...I just got done eating lobster an hour ago. It was sooooo yummy.
2006-09-23 21:40:59 · answer #6 · answered by Dorothy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They both have exo-sketetons, but then, so do crabs, shrimp, etc. I love seafood, but not crazy about roaches. Maybe ask someone who's been on survivor.
2006-09-23 21:47:43 · answer #7 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a boiled roach with garlic butter and let me know how they compare.
2006-09-23 21:39:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋