Homarus americanus Milne Edwards 1837 (clawed lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae

Belongs to Homarus according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2016

See also Rathbun 1935 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Homarus brittonestris, Homarus davisi, Homarus fami, Homarus gammarus, Homarus lehmanni, Homarus mickelsoni, Homarus morrisi, Homarus neptunianus, Homarus percyi, Homarus travisensis, Homarus vulgaris

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: New Brunswick collection), United States (1: Connecticut)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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