WoRMS taxon details
Homarinus capensis (Herbst, 1792)
246318 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246318)
accepted
Species
Astacus fulvus Fabricius, 1793 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer (Astacus) capensis Herbst, 1792 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Homarus capensis (Herbst, 1792) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer (Astacus) capensis Herbst, 1792) Herbst, J. F. W. (1791-1796). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Zweyter Band. Mit XXV Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krebse. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, viii + 225 + [1] pp. 25 pls. [details] 
Type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope
type locality contained in Cape of Good Hope [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Homarinus capensis (Herbst, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246318 on 2026-09-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Astacus fulvus Fabricius, 1793) Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. [Improved and Enhanced Systematic Entomology. According to the Classes, Orders, Genera, Species Adjacent Synonyms, Localities, Observations, and Descriptions.]. <em>Proft, Christian Gottlob (Kopenhagen) , Hafniae.</em> 2: i-viii + 1-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36532 [details]
original description (of Cancer (Astacus) capensis Herbst, 1792) Herbst, J. F. W. (1791-1796). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Zweyter Band. Mit XXV Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krebse. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, viii + 225 + [1] pp. 25 pls. [details]
original description (of Cancer (Astacus) capensis Herbst, 1792) Herbst, J. F. W. (1791-1796). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Zweyter Band. Mit XXV Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krebse. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, viii + 225 + [1] pp. 25 pls. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Cape lobster | [details] |
| French | homard du Cap [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Südafrikanischer HummerKap-Hummer | [details] |
| Spanish | bogavante del Cabo [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Homarus capensis (Herbst, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Homarinus capensis)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Homarus capensis (Herbst, 1792))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Homarus capensis (Herbst, 1792))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Homarinus capensis)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Homarus capensis (Herbst, 1792))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
