Nephropsis

Nephropsis
Nephropsis rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Nephropsis
Wood-Mason, 1872
Type species
Nephropsis stewarti
Wood-Mason, 1872

Nephropsis is a genus of lobsters containing 15 extant species:[1]

  • Nephropsis acanthura Macpherson, 1990
  • Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881
  • Nephropsis agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  • Nephropsis atlantica Norman, 1882
  • Nephropsis carpenteri Wood-Mason, 1885
  • Nephropsis ensirostris Alcock, 1901
  • Nephropsis holthuisii Macpherson, 1993
  • Nephropsis malhaensis Borradaile, 1910
  • Nephropsis neglecta Holthuis, 1974
  • Nephropsis occidentalis Faxon, 1893
  • Nephropsis rosea Bate, 1888
  • Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993
  • Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872
  • Nephropsis suhmi Bate, 1888
  • Nephropsis sulcata Macpherson, 1990

One further fossil species has also been described.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Tin-Yam Chan & Michael Türkey (2012). "Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
  2. ↑ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.


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