Nephropsis
Genus of lobsters
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Nephropsis is a genus of lobsters containing 18 extant species:[1]
| Nephropsis | |
|---|---|
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| Nephropsis rosea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Nephropidae |
| Genus: | Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872 |
| Type species | |
| Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872 | |
Species
- Nephropsis acanthura Macpherson, 1990
- Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881
- Nephropsis agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Nephropsis atlantica Norman, 1882
- Nephropsis carpenteri Wood-Mason, 1885
- Nephropsis ensirostris Alcock, 1901
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- Nephropsis grandis Zarenkov, 2006
- Nephropsis holthuisii Macpherson, 1993
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- Nephropsis macphersoni Watabe & Iizuka, 1999 is a synonym
- Nephropsis malhaensis Borradaile, 1910
- Nephropsis neglecta Holthuis, 1974
- Nephropsis occidentalis Faxon, 1893
- Nephropsis pygmaea Chang, Chan & Kumar, 2020
- Nephropsis rahayuae Chang, Chan & Kumar, 2020
- Nephropsis rosea Bate, 1888
- Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993
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- Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872
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- Nephropsis suhmi Bate, 1888
- Nephropsis sulcata Macpherson, 1990
One further fossil species has also been described:[2]
- †Nephropsis midwayensis Rathbun, 1935
