Lobsters
Original title: Lagostas
Describes the lobsters found in Madeiran waters, the slipper lobster Scyllarus latus and the spiny lobster Palinurus vulgaris, and how they are caught.
The name given to Scyllarus latus and Palinurus vulgaris, macruran crustaceans caught in shallow waters. The latter is distinguished by its long, thick antennae, the former by its short, leaf-like antennae. The second species, also called lagostim or lagostão, is less common than the first and is caught in the same way, either by diving or accidentally in nets and other tackle.
Arctus ursus, occasionally dredged up in the waters off Funchal and Porto Santo (‘holy harbour’), is not considered edible.
In the Funchal Diário de Notícias (‘Daily News’) of 26 October 1927, Adolfo César de Noronha published a detailed and interesting article on these crustaceans under the title ‘A Lagosta da Madeira’.
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- Funchal
Arctus ursus is sometimes dragged up in its seas.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
- Porto Santo
Arctus ursus is sometimes taken in its seas.
An island of the archipelago, settled alongside Madeira and forming one of the three captaincies. It has always constituted a single parish, dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Piedade, whose church was repeatedly sacked. The Elucidário records the Moorish pirate raid of 1617, its own Misericórdia and a rainwater channel built on this drought-prone island.
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Madeiran naturalist who wrote the article 'A Lagosta da Madeira' in the Diário de Notícias in 1927.