Nephropoidea
Nephropoidea | |
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Nephropsis rosea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Astacidea |
Superfamily: | Nephropoidea Dana, 1852 |
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Nephropoidea is a superfamily of decapod crustaceans. It contains the true lobsters in the Nephropidae (including the rare thaumastochelid lobsters), and three fossil families: , and .[1] Their closest relatives are the reef lobsters.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b 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.
Categories:
- True lobsters
- Taxa named by James Dwight Dana
- Arthropod superfamilies
- Decapoda stubs