Metanephrops mozambicus
Metanephrops mozambicus | |
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Metanephrops mozambicus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Family: | Nephropidae |
Genus: | Metanephrops |
Species: | M. mozambicus
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Binomial name | |
Metanephrops mozambicus Macpherson, 1990
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Metanephrops mozambicus (commonly known as the African lobster) is a species of lobster that lives around south-east of Madagascar. Previously considered to be part of the species (Andaman lobster), they were re-classified as a unique species in 1990.[2] The species is commercially trawled.[3]
References[]
- ^ Wahle, R.; Cockcroft, A.; MacDiarmid, A.; Butler, M.; Chan, T.Y. (2011). "Metanephrops mozambicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T169963A6694019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T169963A6694019.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "African lobster (Metanephrops mozambicus)". Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
- ^ Marshall, Nina T. (2001). Stormy Seas for Marine Invertebrates: Trade in Sea Cucumbers, Sea Shells and Lobsters in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. p. 23. ISBN 9789966969804.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- True lobsters
- Crustaceans described in 1990