Cape lobster

Cape lobster
Herbst's 1792 illustration[Note 1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Homarinus
Kornfield, Williams & Steneck, 1995 [3]
Species:
H. capensis
Binomial name
Homarinus capensis
(Herbst, 1792) [2]
Synonyms [4]
  • Cancer (Astacus) capensis Herbst, 1792
  • Astacus fulvus Fabricius, 1793
  • Homarus fulvus Weber, 1795
  • Astacus capensis Latreille, 1802
  • Cancer (Astacus) fulvusTurton, 1806

The Cape lobster, Homarinus capensis, is a species of small lobster that lives off the coast of South Africa, from Dassen Island to Haga Haga. Only a few dozen specimens are known, mostly regurgitated by reef-dwelling fish. It lives in rocky reefs, and is thought to lay large eggs that have a short larval phase, or that hatch directly as a juvenile. The species grows to a total length of 10 cm (3.9 in), and resembles a small European or American lobster; it was previously included in the same genus, Homarus, although it is not very closely related to those species, and is now considered to form a separate, monotypic genus – Homarinus. Its closest relatives are the genera Thymops and Thymopides.


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  1. ^ A. Cockcroft; M. Butler; T. Y. Chan; A. MacDiarmid & R. Wahle (2011). "Homarinus capensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T169982A6698791. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T169982A6698791.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Homarinus capensis (Herbst, 1792)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
  3. ^ "Homarinus Kornfield, Williams and Steneck, 1995". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
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