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Lobster
Family of large marine crustaceans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about clawed lobsters. For other uses, see Lobster (disambiguation).
"Homaridae" redirects here. Not to be confused with Homeridae.
Lobsters are malacostracans of the family Nephropidae (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]
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European lobster (Homarus gammarus) | |
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Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Superfamily: | Nephropoidea |
Family: | Nephropidae Dana, 1852 |
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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.[citation needed]