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Stauropus fagi
Lobster Lob"ster, n. [AS. loppestre, lopystre prob., corrupted fr. L. locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf. Locust.] (Zo["o]l.) Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters. Lobster caterpillar (Zo["o]l.), the caterpillar of a European bombycid moth (Stauropus fagi); -- so called from its form. Lobster louse (Zo["o]l.), a copepod crustacean (Nicotho["e] astaci) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster.

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- subterraneus Fabricius, 1775 Scarites sulcatus Olivier, 1795 Scarites tauropus Andrewes, 1929 Scarites tenebricosus Dejean, 1831 Scarites tex**** Chaudoir...
- 1998 Rhabdonotus Milne-Edwards, 1879 Santeella † Blow & Manning, 1996 Tauropus D. G. B. Chia & Ng, 1998 Tiaramedon D. G. B. Chia & Ng, 1998 Viacarcinus...