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Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Malacostraca
order
Decapoda
family
Nephropidae
genus
Homarus
species
Homarus gammarus

Name

Synonyms
Astacus europaeus Couch, 1837
Astacus gammarus Pennant, 1777
Astacus marinus Risso, 1816
Cancer gammarus H.Milne Edwards, 1837
Cancer gammarus Linnaeus, 1758
Homarus marinus Weber, 1795
Homarus vulgaris H.Milne Edwards, 1837
Homarus vulgaris M.Edw.
Homonyms
Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
European lobster in English
European lobster in English
Europäischer Hummer in German
Hummer in Danish
Common Lobster in English
European Lobster in English
Europese zeekreeft in Dutch
Europese zeekreeft in Dutch
europeisk hummer in Swedish
hummar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
hummar in Northern Sami
Bogavante in Spanish
European clawed lobster in English
European lobster in English
Europese kreeft in Dutch
Europäischer hummer in German
Homard Européen in French
Hummer in German
Lobster in English
Maine lobster in English
Noordzeekreeft in Dutch
Noordzeekreeft in Dutch
Zeekreeft in Dutch
abacanto in Spanish
astakós in Greek, Modern (1453-)
astice in Italian
bogavante in Spanish
common lobster in English
elefante di mare in Italian
gaforrja e madhe europiane in Albanian
homar in Spanish
homard in French
homard Européen in French
homari in Albanian
hummar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
hummer in Swedish
hummer in Norwegian Bokmål
hummer in Swedish
hummer in Danish
hummer in Norwegian
istakoz in Turkish
labugante in Portuguese
langusta in Albanian
lavagante in Portuguese
leguban in language.
liunfant in Maltese
llamàntol in Catalan–Valencian
llangant in Catalan–Valencian
lobster in English
lumbrigante in Galician

Bibliographic References

  1. Anna Karlsson (Decapoda) (2004-04-16 00:00:00) [Titel saknas]
  2. Chan, Tim-Yam / Radhakrishnan, E. V., Bruce F. Phillips, and Gopalakrishnan Achamveetil, eds., 2019: Updated Checklist of the World's Marine Lobsters. Lobsters: Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture. 35-64.
  3. Chan, Tin-Yam, 2010: Annotated checklist of the world's marine lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidea, Glypheidea, Achelata, Polychelida). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, suppl. 23. 153-181.
  4. Holthuis, L. B. (1991). FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. <em>FAO fisheries Synopsis.</em> 125(13): 1–292.
  5. Holthuis, L. B., 1991: Marine Lobsters of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Species of Interest to Fisheries Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 13. viii + 292.
  6. Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
  7. Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292
  8. d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp.
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