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Checklist for Superfamily Nephropoidea Dana, 1852
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
336
1958
6058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
334
1955
6050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
158
1273
4744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
157
1265
4714
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
147
1207
4462
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
6
16
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Nephropoidea
Dana, 1852
1
5
18
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melanesia
1 Family width 18 Species
Nephropidae Dana, 1852Clawed Lobster18SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Melanesia
5 Genera with 18 Species
Acanthacaris Bate, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Metanephrops Jenkins, 19914SpeciesTaxom
Nephrops Leach, 1814
0SpeciesTaxom
Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 19909SpeciesTaxom
Thaumastocheles Wood-Mason, 18733SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
18 Species
Acanthacaris caeca Milne Edwards, 1881Atlantic Deep-sea Lobster
Acanthacaris tenuimana Bate, 1888Prickly deep-sea lobster
Metanephrops andamanicus Wood-Mason, 1892Andaman lobster
Metanephrops boschmai Holthuis, 1964Bight Lobster
Metanephrops sibogae De Man, 1916Melville Island Scampi
Metanephrops velutinus Chan & Yu, 1991Andaman Scampi
Nephropsis acanthura Macpherson, 1990Spinetail Lobsterette
Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881Florida lobsterette
Nephropsis holthuisi Macpherson, 1993
Nephropsis neglecta Holthuis, 1974Ruby lobsterette
Nephropsis rosea Bate, 1888Rosy lobsterette
Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872Indian Ocean Lobsterette
Nephropsis suhmi Bate, 1888Red And White Lobsterette
Nephropsis sulcata Macpherson, 1990Grooved Lobsterette
Thaumastocheles japonicus Calman, 1913Pacific pincer lobster
Thaumastocheles massonktenos Chang, Chan ..., 2014
Thaumastocheles zaleucus Thomson, 1873Atlantic deep-sea lobster

Subnodes of Nephropoidea with occurrences in Melanesia
FamilyNephropidae
Dana, 1852
Clawed Lobster, Clawed lobsters, Lobster, Lobsters, True Lobsters And Lobsterettes
5
18
Genera
Species

Taxom



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