Lobster

Lobster; Temporal range:
	European lobster; (Homarus gammarus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Superfamily:	Nephropoidea
Family:	; Dana, 1852
Genera
	List 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; ;
Synonyms
	Homaridae;

Lobsters are malacostracan decapod crustaceans of the family Nephropidae^[1] or its 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.

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.

[Grave-1] 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.

[Poor16-2] 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.

[3] "Homarus americanus, American lobster" (PDF). McGill University. June 27, 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 6, 2011.

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