This article is about clawed lobsters. For other uses, see Lobster (disambiguation).
"Homaridae" redirects here. Not to be confused with Homeridae.
Lobster
Temporal range: Valanginian–Recent
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European lobster (Homarus gammarus)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Pleocyemata
Superfamily:
Nephropoidea
Family:
Nephropidae Dana, 1852
Genera[1]
Acanthacaris Bate, 1888
Dinochelus Ahyong, Chan & Bouchet, 2010
Eunephrops Smith, 1885
Homarinus Kornfield, Williams & Steneck, 1995
Homarus Weber, 1795
Hoploparia † M'Coy, 1849
Jagtia † Tshudy & Sorhannus, 2000
Metanephrops Jenkins, 1972
Nephropides Manning, 1969
Nephrops Leach, 1814
Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1873
Oncopareia † Bosquet, 1854
Palaeonephrops † Mertin, 1941
Paraclythia † Fritsch & Kafka, 1887
Pseudohomarus † van Hoepen, 1962
Thaumastocheles Wood-Mason, 1874
Thaumastochelopsis Bruce, 1988
Thymopides Burukovsky & Averin, 1977
Thymops Holthuis, 1974
Thymopsis Holthuis, 1974
Lobsters awaiting purchase in Trenton, Maine
Lobsters are malacostracans of the family Nephropidae (synonym Homaridae[2]). They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs have claws, including the first pair, which are usually much larger than the others. Highly prized as seafood, lobsters are economically important and are often one of the most profitable commodities in the coastal areas they populate.[3]
Commercially important species include two species of Homarus from the northern Atlantic Ocean and scampi (which look more like a shrimp, or a "mini lobster")—the Northern Hemisphere genus Nephrops and the Southern Hemisphere genus Metanephrops.[citation needed]
^Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2011.
^Poore, Gary C. B. (2016). "The Names of the Higher Taxa of Crustacea Decapoda". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 36 (2): 248–255. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^"Homarus americanus, American lobster" (PDF). McGill University. June 27, 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 6, 2011.
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