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Checklist for Superfamily Nephropoidea Dana, 1852
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
333
1353
3152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
330
1350
3144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
126
588
1419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
124
579
1397
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
115
535
1257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
6
13
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Nephropoidea
Dana, 1852
1
5
11
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern Africa
1 Family width 11 Species
Nephropidae Dana, 1852Clawed Lobster11SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern Africa
5 Genera with 11 Species
Homarinus Kornfield, W..., 17921SpeciesTaxom
Homarus Weber, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Metanephrops Jenkins, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Nephrops Leach, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 18821SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
11 Species
Homarinus capensis Herbst, 1792Cape lobster
Homarus capensis (Herbst, 1792)⇒ Homarinus capensis Herbst, 1792
Homarus dentatus
Homarus edwardsi
Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758Common lobster
Metanephrops andamanicus Wood-Mason, 1892Andaman lobster
Metanephrops mozambicus Macpherson, 1990African lobster
Nephrops andamanica
Nephrops andamanicus (Wood-Mason, 1892)⇒ Metanephrops andamanicus Wood-Mason, 1892
Nephrops norvegicus Linnaeus, 1758Dublin Bay prawn
Nephropsis atlantica Norman, 1882Scarlet clawed lobster

Subnodes of Nephropoidea with occurrences in Southern Africa
FamilyNephropidae
Dana, 1852
Clawed Lobster, Clawed lobsters, Lobster, Lobsters, True Lobsters And Lobsterettes
5
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