Homaridae (Noun)
Meaning
Large-clawed lobsters.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The European spiny lobster is not a member of the family Homaridae of clawed lobsters but rather a different infraorder.
- Homaridae are often caught commercially for their large meats and claws which generate high revenues.
- Only two living families of clawed lobsters exist the Nephropidae and the Homaridae.
- The infraorder Astacidea is divided into three superfamilies which includes the large claw bearing Homaridae family.
- Homaridae are found mostly around the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean but is also located around other areas near them.