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Checklist for Family Nephropidae Dana, 1852 (Clawed Lobster)
and region British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
360
1365
3514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
353
1349
3488
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
141
518
1316
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
139
508
1283
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
125
460
1192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
6
29
135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Nephropoidea
Dana, 1852
2
8
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNephropidae
Dana, 1852
Clawed Lobster, Clawed lobsters, Lobster, Lobsters
7
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for British Isles
7 Genera with 17 Species
Acanthacaris Bate, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Homarus Weber, 18375SpeciesTaxom
Hoploparia Mccoy, 18495SpeciesTaxom
Metanephrops Jenkins, 19912SpeciesTaxom
Nephrops Leach, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Thaumastocheles Wood-Mason, 01SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
17 Species
Acanthacaris caeca Milne Edwards, 1881Atlantic Deep-sea Lobster
Homarus americanus H. Milne-Edw..., 1837American Clawed Lobster
Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758Common lobster
Homarus longimanus
Homarus morrisi Quayle, 1987
Homarus vulgaris (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758
Hoploparia belli Mccoy, 1849
Hoploparia gabbi Pilsbry, 1901
Hoploparia gammaroides Mccoy, 1849
Hoploparia longimana Sowerby, 1826
Hoploparia saxbi Mccoy, 1849
Metanephrops boschmai Holthuis, 1964Bight Lobster
Metanephrops velutinus Chan & Yu, 1991Andaman Scampi
Nephrops norvegicus Linnaeus, 1758Dublin Bay prawn
Nephrops reedi Carter, 1898
Nephropsis atlantica Norman, 1882Scarlet clawed lobster
Thaumastocheles steeplensis

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

Taxom

SubfamilyNephropinae
Dana, 1852
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyThymopinae
Holthuis, 1974
1
1
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