WoRMS taxon details
Homarus capensis (Herbst, 1792)
AphiaID: 246319
AphiaID: 246319
| 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) > Homarus (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (secondary synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Homarinus capensis (Herbst, 1792) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Homarus Weber, 1795 | |||||||||||||
| Source |
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] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | type locality: Cape of Good Hope [details] FAO fishing area 47 [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: Shallow coastal waters, rock pools, etc. The extreme rarity of the species is the cause that very little is known about its habitat and biology. Old records, reporting that it is found in fresh water, are definitely incorrect [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246319 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Chan, T. (2013). Homarus capensis (Herbst, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246319 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||
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