Nephropoidea

Nephropoidea
Nephropsis rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Astacidea
Superfamily: Nephropoidea
Dana, 1852
Families
  • Nephropidae Dana, 1852
  • † Chilenophoberidae Tshudy & Babcock, 1997
  • † Protastacidae Albrecht, 1983
  • † Stenochiridae Beurlen, 1928

Nephropoidea is a superfamily of decapod crustaceans. It contains the true lobsters in the Nephropidae (including the rare thaumastochelid lobsters), and three fossil families: Chilenophoberidae, Protastacidae and Stenochiridae.[1] Their closest relatives are the reef lobsters.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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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