Nephropsis is a genus of lobsters containing 15 extant species:[1]
| Nephropsis | |
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| Nephropsis rosea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Nephropidae |
| Genus: | Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872 |
| Type species | |
| Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872
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- Nephropsis acanthura Macpherson, 1990
- Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881
- Nephropsis agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Nephropsis atlantica Norman, 1882
- Nephropsis carpenteri Wood-Mason, 1885
- Nephropsis ensirostris Alcock, 1901
- Nephropsis holthuisii Macpherson, 1993
- Nephropsis malhaensis Borradaile, 1910
- Nephropsis neglecta Holthuis, 1974
- Nephropsis occidentalis Faxon, 1893
- Nephropsis rosea Bate, 1888
- Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993
- Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872
- Nephropsis suhmi Bate, 1888
- Nephropsis sulcata Macpherson, 1990
One further fossil species has also been described.[2]
References edit
- ^ Tin-Yam Chan & Michael Türkay (2012). "Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
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