Homarus

Translingual

Homarus gammarus

Etymology

From French homard.

Proper noun

Homarus m

1. 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 National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Homarus at Paleobiology Database