American lobster
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| American lobster | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Astacidea |
| Family: | Nephropidae |
| Genus: | Homarus |
| Species: | H. americanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Homarus americanus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 |
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The American lobster (Homarus americanus) is a species of lobster are found in the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of North America.