American lobster

Summary

American lobster is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,170 views/month, #1,201 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• American lobster's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• American lobster is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• American lobster's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[5].
• American lobster is classified within Homarus^[6].
• American lobster's scientific name is Homarus americanus^[7].
• American lobster's Commons category is recorded as Homarus americanus^[8].
• American lobster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Homarus americanus^[9].
• American lobster's Commons gallery is recorded as Homarus americanus^[10].
• American lobster's this taxon is source of is recorded as lobster as food^[11].
• American lobster's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. americanus'}^[12].
• American lobster is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Atlantic lobster'}^[13].
• American lobster is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American Lobster'}^[14].
• American lobster is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Atlantic Lobster'}^[15].
• American lobster is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'True Lobster'}^[16].
• American lobster is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'amerikahummer'}^[17].
• American lobster is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'ameriški jastog'}^[18].
• American lobster is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Amerikaanse zeekreeft'}^[19].
• American lobster is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Langosta americana'}^[20].
• American lobster is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Bogavante americano'}^[21].
• American lobster's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/01983481-n^[22].
• American lobster's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/101986226-n^[23].
• American lobster's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[24].

Body

Classification

American lobster's scientific name is Homarus americanus^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Homarus^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Atlantic lobster'}^[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American Lobster'}^[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'True Lobster'}^[16], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'amerikahummer'}^[17], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'ameriški jastog'}^[18], and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Amerikaanse zeekreeft'}^[19].

Identifiers

American lobster's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 61383^[25]. American lobster's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6706^[26]. American lobster's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46505674^[27]. American lobster's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5972004^[28]. American lobster's ITIS TSN is recorded as 97314^[29].

Why It Matters

American lobster ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,170 views/month, #1,201 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]