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    Species Accepted

    Homarus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837

    American clawed lobster
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Homarus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      United KingdomNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      32 results
      American clawed lobster English
      American lobster English
      Amerikaanse kreeft Dutch
      Amerikaanse zeekreeft Dutch
      Amerikanischer Hummer German
      Amerikansk hummer Danish
      Astice americano Italian
      Atlantic Lobster English
      Blue crab English
      Canadian Lobster English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      15 results
      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. FAO fisheries Synopsis. 125(13): 1–292.
      Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
      Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris.
      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.
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs, Jr., R. B. Manning, et al. (1989). Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17.
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).
      Chan, & Tin-Yam. (2010). Annotated checklist of the world’s marine lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidea, Glypheidea, Achelata, Polychelida). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. 23.
      Say, T. (1817). An account of the Crustacea of the United States (continued). Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia. 1(1): 155-169.
      PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

      Citation

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