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Checklist for Superfamily Nephropoidea Dana, 1852
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
246
1090
2530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
245
1089
2527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
134
788
2104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
133
784
2097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
124
745
2006
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
4
10
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Nephropoidea
Dana, 1852
1
4
11
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua New Guinea
1 Family width 11 Species
Nephropidae Dana, 1852Clawed Lobster11SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua New Guinea
4 Genera with 11 Species
Acanthacaris Bate, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Metanephrops Jenkins, 19914SpeciesTaxom
Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 19904SpeciesTaxom
Thaumastocheles Wood-Mason, 20142SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
11 Species
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 holthuisi Macpherson, 1993
Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872Indian Ocean Lobsterette
Nephropsis sulcata Macpherson, 1990Grooved Lobsterette
Thaumastocheles japonicus Calman, 1913Pacific pincer lobster
Thaumastocheles massonktenos Chang, Chan ..., 2014

Subnodes of Nephropoidea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
FamilyNephropidae
Dana, 1852
Clawed Lobster, Clawed lobsters, Lobster, Lobsters, True Lobsters And Lobsterettes
4
11
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