Eunephrops

Eunephrops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Nephropidae
Genus:	Eunephrops S. I. Smith, 1885 ^[1]
Type species
Eunephrops bairdii S. I. Smith, 1885 ^[2]

Eunephrops is a genus of lobsters, containing four species, all found in the Western Atlantic Ocean:^[2]

Eunephrops bairdii Smith, 1885
Eunephrops cadenasi Chace, 1939
Eunephrops luckhursti Manning, 1997
Eunephrops manningi Holthuis, 1974

References

↑ Tin-Yam Chan (2009). "Eunephrops Smith, 1885". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
1 2 Lipke B. Holthuis (1991). "Eunephrops". FAO Species Catalogue, Volume 13. Marine Lobsters of the World. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Food and Agriculture Organization. ISBN 92-5-103027-8.

Genera of Nephropidae (clawed lobsters)

Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea Order Decapoda Infraorder Astacidea Family Nephropidae

Acanthacaris (2 extant spp.) Dinochelus (1 extant sp.) Eunephrops Homarinus (1 extant sp.) Homarus (2 extant spp.) Hoploparia † Jagtia † Metanephrops (18 extant spp.) Nephropides (1 extant sp.) Nephrops (1 extant sp.) Nephropsis (15 extant spp.) Oncopareia † Palaeonephrops † Paraclythia † Pseudohomarus † Thaumastocheles (3 extant spp.) Thaumastochelopsis (2 extant spp.) Thymopides (2 extant spp.) Thymops (1 extant sp.) Thymopsis (1 extant sp.)

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