Organisms

Nephropidae

Family of large marine CRUSTACEA, in the order DECAPODA. These are called clawed lobsters because they bear pincers on the first three pairs of legs. The American lobster and Cape lobster in the genus Homarus are commonly used for food.

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Abstract

Family of large marine CRUSTACEA, in the order DECAPODA. These are called clawed lobsters because they bear pincers on the first three pairs of legs. The American lobster and Cape lobster in the genus Homarus are commonly used for food.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Clawed Lobsters
  • Homaridae
  • Lobsters, Clawed
  • Clawed Lobster
  • Lobster, Clawed
  • Homarus

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18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

as animal & food; unspecified lobster as food probably goes here and is coord IM with SHELLFISH (IM)

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History Note

2003 (1972)

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Previous Indexing

  • Crustacea (1966-1971)

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  1. B01w.050w.500w.131w.365w.190w.550w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nephropidae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008121. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008121
  2. Nephropidae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster
  3. Nephropidae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1038113