Metanephrops mozambicus
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| Metanephrops mozambicus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Nephropidae |
| Genus: | Metanephrops |
| Species: | M. mozambicus |
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| 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.[2] The species is commercially trawled.[3]
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