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Preferred term

Nephropidae  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Clawed Lobster
  • Clawed Lobsters
  • Homaridae
  • Lobster, Clawed
  • Lobsters, Clawed

Note

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

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2003 (1972)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008121

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