WoRMS taxon details
Homarus Weber, 1795
AphiaID: 106862
AphiaID: 106862
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Macrura Reptantia (Suborder) > Astacidea (Infraorder) > Nephropoidea (Superfamily) > Nephropidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Cancer gammarus Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Nephropidae Dana, 1852 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Holthuis, L.B. 1991. FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO fisheries Synopsis. 125 (13):292 p. [details] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Homarus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 Species Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Homarus capensis (Herbst, 1792) accepted as Homarinus capensis (Herbst, 1792) Species Homarus vulgaris H. Milne Edwards, 1837 accepted as Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Authority: Authority taken from d'Udekem d'Acoz [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106862 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Chan, T.; Türkay, M. (2013). Homarus Weber, 1795. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106862 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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