Australian scampi

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Australian scampi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Astacidea
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Metanephrops
Species: M. australiensis
Binomial name
Metanephrops australiensis
(Bruce, 1966)

Metanephrops australiensis, commonly known as Australian scampi, is a lobster found off the north-western coast of Western Australia near Port Hedland [1].

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