Homarus
Also known as lobster genus, Homarus lobster
Homarus is a genus of lobsters, which include the common and commercially significant species Homarus americanus (the American lobster) and Homarus gammarus (the European lobster). The Cape lobster, which was formerly in this genus as H. capensis, was moved in 1995 to the new genus Homarinus.
Species
American Lobster
PHYLUM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyNephropidae
Habitatmarine
Observations3,956
Homaar ehk merivähk ehk merevähk (Homarus) on perekond homaarlaste sugukonnas, kuhu kuuluvad Euroopa ja Ameerika homaar. Varem loeti homaaride sugukonda ka Homarinus capensis, kuid 1995. aastast asub see uues perekonnas Homarinus. Homaarid on töönduslikult tähtsad püügiobjektid. Homaarid on kümnejalalised ja meenutavad väliselt jõevähki. Sõrad on ebasümmeetrilised. Läänemeres homaare ei elutse.
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Homarus is a genus of lobsters, which include the common and commercially significant species Homarus americanus (the American lobster) and Homarus gammarus (the European lobster). The Cape lobster, which was formerly in this genus as H. capensis, was moved in 1995 to the new genus Homarinus.
==Description== Homarus is one of three extant genera of clawed lobsters to show dimorphism between claws – a specialisation into a crushing claw and a cutting claw. The other similar genera are Nephrops, which is much more slender, and has grooves along the claws and the abdomen, and Homarinus, the Cape lobster from South Africa, which is even smaller, and has hairy claws.