Species
Metanephrops japonicus Nephropsis roseaThe fossil record of clawed lobsters extends back at least to the Valanginian Age of the Cretaceous. This list contains all extant species in the family Nephropidae:
- Acanthacaris
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- Acanthacaris caeca
- Acanthacaris tenuimana
- Dinochelus
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- Dinochelus ausubeli
- Eunephrops
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- Eunephrops bairdii
- Eunephrops cadenasi
- Eunephrops luckhursti
- Eunephrops manningi
- Homarinus
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- Homarinus capensis – Cape lobster
- Homarus
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- Homarus americanus – American lobster
- Homarus gammarus – European lobster
- Metanephrops
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- Metanephrops andamanicus – Andaman lobster
- Metanephrops arafurensis
- Metanephrops armatus
- Metanephrops australiensis – Australian scampi
- Metanephrops binghami – Caribbean lobster
- Metanephrops boschmai – bight lobster
- Metanephrops challengeri – New Zealand scampi
- Metanephrops formosanus
- Metanephrops japonicus – Japanese lobster
- Metanephrops mozambicus
- Metanephrops neptunus
- Metanephrops rubellus
- Metanephrops sagamiensis
- Metanephrops sibogae
- Metanephrops sinensis – China lobster
- Metanephrops taiwanicus
- Metanephrops thomsoni
- Metanephrops velutinus
- Nephropides
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- Nephropides caribaeus
- Nephrops
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- Nephrops norvegicus – Norway lobster, Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine
- Nephropsis
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- Nephropsis acanthura
- Nephropsis aculeata – Florida lobsterette
- Nephropsis agassizii
- Nephropsis atlantica
- Nephropsis carpenteri
- Nephropsis ensirostris
- Nephropsis holthuisii
- Nephropsis malhaensis
- Nephropsis neglecta
- Nephropsis occidentalis
- Nephropsis rosea
- Nephropsis serrata
- Nephropsis stewarti
- Nephropsis suhmi
- Nephropsis sulcata
- Thaumastocheles
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- Thaumastocheles dochmiodon
- Thaumastocheles japonicus
- Thaumastocheles zaleucus
- Thaumastochelopsis
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- Thaumastochelopsis brucei
- Thaumastochelopsis wardi
- Thymopides
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- Thymopides grobovi
- Thymopides laurentae
- Thymops
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- Thymops birsteini
- Thymopsis
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- Thymopsis nilenta
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