Metanephrops mozambicus

Metanephrops mozambicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Metanephrops
Species: M. mozambicus
Binomial name
Metanephrops mozambicus
(Macpherson, 1990)

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 Metanephrops andamanicus (Andaman lobster), they were re-classified as a unique species in 1990.[1] The species is commercially trawled.[2]

References

  1. "African lobster (Metanephrops mozambicus)". Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
  2. 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.
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