Bight lobster

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Bight lobster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Astacidea
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Metanephrops
Species: M. boschmai
Binomial name
Metanephrops boschmai
(Holthuis, 1964)

The bight lobster, Metanephrops boschmai, is a species of lobster endemic to Australia [1]. It is found off the west and south coasts of Western Australia from Port Hedland to Eucla. The bight lobster has a smooth carapace with large spines.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lipke Holthuis (1991). FAO species catalogue Vol. 13: Marine lobsters of the world. FAO.