Definition of Homarus. Meaning of Homarus. Synonyms of Homarus

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Definition of Homarus

Homarus
Homarus Hom"a*rus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "omarh`s well adjusted.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters. -- Hom"a*roid, a.

Meaning of Homarus from wikipedia

- Homarus is a genus of lobsters, which include the common and commercially significant species Homarus americ**** (the American lobster) and Homarus gammarus...
- planktonic larvae. Homarus gammarus is a highly esteemed food, and is widely caught using lobster pots, mostly around the British Isles. Homarus gammarus is...
- The American lobster (Homarus americ****) is a species of lobster found on the Atlantic coast of North America, chiefly from Labrador to New Jersey. It...
- (Herbst, 1792) – Cape lobster Homarus Weber, 1795 Homarus americ**** H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 – American lobster Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758) – European...
- hatchery technology is poised for commercialization. Panulirus homarus was named Cancer homarus in Carl Linnaeus' Systema Naturae in 1758, the starting point...
- than those of Homarus gammarus and Homarus americ****. This is thought to indicate that Homarinus bears fewer, larger eggs than Homarus, and that either...
- Homarus morrisi is a species of fossil lobster from the Eocene of southern England. Specimens of H. morrisi were described as early as 1849, but were...
- typical body shape of a lobster, albeit narrower than the large genus Homarus. It is pale orange in colour, and grows to a typical length of 18–20 centimetres...
- type species of the genus Homarus, thus giving it the name Homarus marinus (Fabricius, 1775). However, the type species of Homarus should always be cited...
- lobster Cherax quadricarinatus, another blue crayfish, common in aquaria Homarus gammarus, the European or common lobster, which is blue while alive (but...