What is "homarus"

Homarus \Hom"a*rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "omarh`s well adjusted.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters. -- Hom"a*roid, a.

Homarus is a genus of lobsters, which include the common and commercially significant species Homarus americanus (the American lobster) and Homarus gammarus (the European lobster). The Cape lobster, which was formerly in this genus as H. capensis, was moved in 1995 to the new genus Homarinus.