Homarus

Translingual

Homarus gammarus

Etymology

From French homard.

Proper noun

Homarus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Nephropidae – the true lobsters.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Astacidea - infraorder; Nephropoidea - superfamily; Nephropidae - family; Nephropinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Homarus gammarus (European lobster) - type species; Homarus americanus (American lobster) - only other extant species.

References

Homarus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Homarus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Homarus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Homarus at World Register of Marine Species
Homarus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Homarus at Encyclopedia of Life
Homarus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Homarus at Paleobiology Database

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