? Homarus
Homarus americanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Astacidea Family: Nephropidae Genus: Homarus
Species
H. americanus - American lobster H. gammarus - European lobster

Homarus is a genus of lobsters, which include the common and commercially significant species Homarus americanus (American lobster) and the European lobster (Homarus gammarus). The Cape lobster, which was formerly in this genus as H. capensis, was moved in 1995 to the new genus Homarinus File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Binomial name Homarus americanus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 The American lobster is a species of lobster (scientific name Homarus americanus), also known as the northern lobster, or the Maine lobster. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Classes Remipedia Cephalocarida Branchiopoda Ostracoda Maxillopoda Malacostraca The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55,000 species), usually treated as a subphylum. ... Orders Subclass Eumalacostraca  Superorder Eucarida   Order Amphionidacea   Order Decapoda - crabs, shrimp   Order Euphausiacea - krill  â€ Superorder Pancarida   â€ Order Thermosbaenacea  Superorder Peracarida   Order Amphipoda - amphipods   Order Cumacea - cumaceans   Order Isopoda - pillbugs, sowbugs   Order Lophogastrida   Order Mictacea   Order Mysida   â€ Order Spelaeogriphacea   Order Tanaidacea  Superorder Syncarida   Order Anaspidacea   Order Bathynellacea   â€ Order Palaeocaridacea   Order Stygocaridacea... Suborders Dendrobranchiata Pleocyemata Caridea Stenopodidea Reptantia The decapods or Decapoda are a group of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups of crustaceans, such as crabs, lobsters and shrimp, but also some families that are less well known. ... Infraorders Caridea Stenopodidea Reptantia, divided into: Polychelida Achelata Glypheoidea Astacidea Thalassinidea Anomala Brachyura Pleocyemata is a sub-order of decapod crustaceans, erected by Martin Burkenroad in 1963. ... Superfamilies see text Astacidea is a group of decapod crustaceans including lobsters, crayfish and their close relatives. ... Clawed lobsters comprise a family (Nephropidae) of large marine crustaceans. ... In biology, the most commonly used definition of species was first coined by Ernst Mayr. ... Binomial name Homarus americanus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 The American lobster is a species of lobster (scientific name Homarus americanus), also known as the northern lobster, or the Maine lobster. ... Binomial name Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758) The European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) is a lobster whose range includes the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Lofoten Islands in northwestern Norway to the Azores and Morocco. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... Subfamilies and Genera Neophoberinae Acanthacaris Thymopinae Nephropsis Nephropides Thymops Thymopsis Nephropinae Homarus Nephrops Homarinus Metanephrops Eunephrops Thymopides Clawed lobsters comprise a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine crustaceans. ... Binomial name Homarus americanus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 The American lobster is a species of lobster (scientific name Homarus americanus), also known as the northern lobster, or the Maine lobster. ... Binomial name Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758) The European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) is a lobster whose range includes the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Lofoten Islands in northwestern Norway to the Azores and Morocco. ... Binomial name Homarinus capensis (Herbst, 1792) The Cape lobster, Homarinus capensis, is a small lobster that lives off the coast of South Africa, between Cape Town and East London. ... Binomial name Homarinus capensis (Herbst, 1792) The Cape lobster, Homarinus capensis, is a small lobster that lives off the coast of South Africa, between Cape Town and East London. ...