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Homarus americanus  H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Taxonomic Serial No.: 97314

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): American lobster [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                               OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                                  SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                     InfraorderAstacidea Latreille, 1802  
                                        SuperfamilyNephropoidea Dana, 1852  
                                           FamilyNephropidae Dana, 1852 – clawed lobsters  
                                              GenusHomarus Weber, 1795  
                                                 SpeciesHomarus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 – American lobster  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Homarus americanus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Chan, Tim-Yam / Radhakrishnan, E. V., Bruce F. Phillips, and Gopalakrishnan Achamveetil, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title: Updated Checklist of the World's Marine Lobsters   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Lobsters: Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture   
  Page(s): 35-64   
  Publisher: Springer   
  Publication Place: Singapore   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-981-32-90938   
  Notes: doi: 10.1007/978-981-32-9094-5_2   
  Reference for: Homarus americanus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Chan, Tin-Yam  
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: Annotated checklist of the world's marine lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidea, Glypheidea, Achelata, Polychelida)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, suppl. 23   
  Page(s): 153-181   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0217-2445   
  Notes: Available online at https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/rbz/supplement-no-23/   
  Reference for: Homarus americanus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Holthuis, L. B.  
  Publication Date: 1991   
  Article/Chapter Title: Marine Lobsters of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries Known to Date   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 13   
  Page(s): viii + 292   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-103027-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Homarus americanus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McLaughlin, P. A., D. K. Camp, M. V. Angel, E. L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31   
  Page(s): 545   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-64-6, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Homarus americanus, American lobster [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nizinski, Martha S.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 116, no. 1   
  Page(s): 96-157   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0006-324X   
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  Reference for: Homarus americanus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs, Jr., R. B. Manning, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17   
  Page(s): 77   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-49-0, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Homarus americanus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: McLaughlin et al. (2005) Occurrence values: A  
 

 

    

 
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