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Homaridae (family)


Identification code: 300249724



Alternative term/s

  • lobster
  • lobsters
  • Nephropsidae
  • true lobsters

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Scope note:

Members of a family of large marine stalk-eyed ten-footed long-tailed crustacean having a first pair of feet that are very large and form the characteristic claws (chelae), a rigid segmented exoskeleton, compound eyes on movable stalks, two pairs of long antennae, and a flipper-like muscular tail that is used for swimming by propelling the animal backward. Members of other families of crustaceans may have the word "lobster" in their common name.

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