Homarus gammarus

species of crustacean
Taxon taxon Q27690
Homarus gammarus
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Summary

Homarus gammarus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,366 views/month, #1,335 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Homarus[5]
  • Taxon name: Homarus gammarus[6]
  • Commons category: Homarus gammarus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Homarus gammarus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Homarus gammarus[9]
  • Original combination: Cancer gammarus[10]
  • Short name: H. gammarus[11]
  • Taxon common name: Common lobster[12], Bogavante[13], Homard Européen[14], European Lobster[15], Noordzeekreeft[16], hummer[17], bugre[18], evropski jastog[19], llocántaru[20], llocantu[21], llubricante[22]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[23]
  • Nomenclatural type of: Homarus[24]

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Identifiers

Homarus gammarus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 62410[25]. Homarus gammarus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6707[26]. Homarus gammarus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1039672[27]. Homarus gammarus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5972003[28]. Homarus gammarus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 97315[29].

Why It Matters

Homarus gammarus has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Nomenclatural type of → Homarus
    Instance of → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
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