Belgian Register of Marine Species - Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758)

BeRMS taxon details

Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

107253 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107253)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Homarus Weber, 1795

Original name

Cancer gammarus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cancer gammarus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Cancer gammarus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Type data

Type locality contained in Marstrand

type locality contained in Marstrand [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107253 on 2025-12-08

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107253 on 2025-12-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2020-09-02 19:03:26Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

Licensing

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original description (of Cancer gammarus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

context source (WoRCS) Bianchi, C. N.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Morri, C.; Froglia, C. (2022). Distribution and Ecology of Decapod Crustaceans in Mediterranean Marine Caves: A Review. Diversity. 14(3): 176., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/176 [details] Available for editors

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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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): 1–292. [details] Available for editors

additional source d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	langustahomarigaforrja e madhe europiane	[details]
Arabic	saratan il bahr	[details]
Berber languages	taroucht	[details]
Catalan	llangantllamàntol	[details]
Danish	hummer	[details]
Dutch	zeekreeftNoordzeekreeftEuropese zeekreeftEuropese kreeft	[details]
English	Maine lobsterlobsterEuropean lobsterEuropean clawed lobstercommon lobster	[details]
French	homard Européenhomard	[details]
Galician	lumbrigante	[details]
German	HummerEuropäischer hummer	[details]
Italian	lupo di marelupicanteelefante di mareastice	[details]
Japanese	ヨーロッパロブスター	[details]
Ligurian	leguban	[details]
Maltese	liunfant	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Αστακοκαραβίδαastakós	[details]
Norwegian	hummer	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	hummer	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	hummar	[details]
Portuguese	navegantelavagantelabugante	[details]
Russian	omar	[details]
Spanish	homarbogavanteabacanto	[details]
Swedish	hummer	[details]
Turkish	stacozistakoz	[details]