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Checklist for Family Nephropidae Dana, 1852 (Clawed Lobster)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
448
2925
10558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
445
2918
10546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
166
1267
5249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
163
1257
5186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
153
1195
4883
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
7
39
261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Nephropoidea
Dana, 1852
2
10
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNephropidae
Dana, 1852
Clawed Lobster, Clawed lobsters, Lobster, Lobsters
9
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australia
9 Genera with 28 Species
Acanthacaris Bate, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Homarus Weber, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Hoploparia Mccoy, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Metanephrops Jenkins, 19917SpeciesTaxom
Nephrops Leach, 18884SpeciesTaxom
Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 19908SpeciesTaxom
Thaumastocheles Wood-Mason, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Thaumastochelopsis Bruce, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Thymopides Burukovsky &..., 19761SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
28 Species
Acanthacaris tenuimana Bate, 1888Prickly deep-sea lobster
Homarus americanus H. Milne-Edw..., 1837American Clawed Lobster
Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758Common lobster
Hoploparia mesembria Etheridge Jr, 1917
Metanephrops andamanicus Wood-Mason, 1892Andaman lobster
Metanephrops australiensis Bruce, 1966Australian Scampi
Metanephrops boschmai Holthuis, 1964Bight Lobster
Metanephrops neptunus Bruce, 1965Neppie Scampi
Metanephrops sibogae De Man, 1916Melville Island Scampi
Metanephrops thomsoni Bate, 1888Red-banded lobster
Metanephrops velutinus Chan & Yu, 1991Andaman Scampi
Nephrops australiensis (Bruce, 1966)⇒ Metanephrops australiensis Bruce, 1966
Nephrops boschmai (Holthuis, 1964)⇒ Metanephrops boschmai Holthuis, 1964
Nephrops norvegicus Linnaeus, 1758Dublin Bay prawn
Nephrops thomsoni (Bate, 1888)⇒ Metanephrops thomsoni Bate, 1888
Nephropsis acanthura Macpherson, 1990Spinetail Lobsterette
Nephropsis holthuisi Macpherson, 1993
Nephropsis lyra (Zarenkov, 2006)⇒ Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993
Nephropsis macphersoni (Watabe & Iizuka, 1999)⇒ Nephropsis holthuisi Macpherson, 1993
Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872Indian Ocean Lobsterette
Nephropsis suhmi Bate, 1888Red And White Lobsterette
Nephropsis sulcata Macpherson, 1990Grooved Lobsterette
Thaumastocheles dochmiodon Chan & Saint..., 1999
Thaumastocheles japonicus Calman, 1913Pacific pincer lobster
Thaumastochelopsis brucei Ahyong, Chu ..., 2007
Thaumastochelopsis wardi Bruce, 1988Australian pincer lobster
Thymopides grobovi Burukovsky &..., 1976Bellator lobster

Subnodes of Nephropidae with occurrences in Australia
SubfamilyNeophoberinae
Glaessner, 1969
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNephropinae
Dana, 1852
4
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyThymopinae
Holthuis, 1974
1
8
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Nephropidae at artfakta.se
Nephropidae at biodiversity.org.au
Nephropidae at dyntaxa.se
Nephropidae at gbif.org
Nephropidae at irmng.org
Nephropidae at itis.gov
Nephropidae at marinespecies.org