Homarus Weber, 1795 
AphiaID: 106862

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Malacostraca > Eumalacostraca > Eucarida > Decapoda > Macrura Reptantia > Astacidea > Nephropoidea > Nephropidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
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 gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment		marine
Feedingtypes		omnivore [details] predator [details] scavenger [details]
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
Image		Olsen (1883, kaart 45) added on 2008-07-24 - author: O.T. Olsen scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106862
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Türkay, Michael 2009-02-23 11:12:11Z   changed   Chan, Tin-Yam
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		Citation: Chan, T.; Türkay, M. (2013). Homarus Weber, 1795. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106862 on 2013-06-20
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