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Family: Nephropidae clawed lobsters



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62 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 40 cm TL
 
Acanthacaris caeca
[Atlantic deep lobster]
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Max. Length 53.8 cm TL
 
Acanthacaris tenuimana
[Prickly deep-sea lobster]
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Dinochelus ausubeli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Eunephrops bairdii
[Red lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Eunephrops cadenasi
[Sculptured lobster]
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Eunephrops luckhursti
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm BL
 
Eunephrops manningi
[Banded lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.9 cm TL
 
Homarinus capensis
[Cape lobster]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 114 cm TL
Homarus americanusMilne-Edwards, 1837

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Homarus americanus
[American lobster]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic, Mediter
Max. Length 65 cm TL
Homarus gammarus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Homarus gammarus
[European lobster]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Metanephrops andamanicus(Wood-Mason, 1891)

Photo by FAO
 
Metanephrops andamanicus
[Andaman lobster]
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Metanephrops arafurensis
[Arafura lobster]
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Metanephrops armatus
[Armoured lobster]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 18 cm TL
Metanephrops australiensis(Bruce, 1966)

Photo by FAO
 
Metanephrops australiensis
[Northwest lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 17 cm TL
 
Metanephrops binghami
[Caribbean lobster]
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Max. Length 18 cm TL
 
Metanephrops boschmai
[Bight lobster]

FAO

Indo-west Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Metanephrops challengeri(Balss, 1914)

Photo by FAO
 
Metanephrops challengeri
[New Zealand lobster]
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Max. Length 12 cm TL
 
Metanephrops formosanus
[Formosa lobster]
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Max. Length 12 cm TL
 
Metanephrops japonicus
[Japanese lobster]

FAO

Southwest Atlantic and In
Max. Length 20.5 cm TL
Metanephrops mozambicusMacpherson, 1990

Photo by FAO
 
Metanephrops mozambicus
[African lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 25 cm TL
 
Metanephrops neptunus
[Neptune lobster]

FAO

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 18 cm TL
Metanephrops rubellus(Moreira, 1903)

Photo by FAO
 
Metanephrops rubellus
[Urugavian lobster]
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Metanephrops sagamiensis
[Sculpted lobster]
No picture found

Max. Length 18 cm TL
 
Metanephrops sibogae
[Siboga lobster]
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Max. Length 15 cm BL
 
Metanephrops sinensis
[China lobster]
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Metanephrops taiwanicus
[]
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Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Metanephrops thomsoni
[Red-banded lobster]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 18.2 cm TL
Metanephrops velutinusChan & Yu, 1991

Photo by FAO
 
Metanephrops velutinus
[Velvet lobster]
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Max. Length 17 cm TL
 
Nephropides caribaeus
[Mitten lobsterette]
No picture found
 
Nephrops japonicus
[]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 24 cm BL
Nephrops norvegicus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Nephrops norvegicus
[Norway lobster]
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Nephrops thompsoni
[]
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Max. Length 3.6 cm CL
 
Nephropsis acanthura
[Spinetail lobsterette]
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Max. Length 14.5 cm TL
 
Nephropsis aculeata
[Florida lobsterette]
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Max. Length 12 cm TL
 
Nephropsis agassizii
[Prickly lobsterette]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 10.3 cm TL
Nephropsis atlanticaNorman, 1882

Photo by FAO
 
Nephropsis atlantica
[Scarlet lobsterette]
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Max. Length 12 cm TL
 
Nephropsis carpenteri
[Ridge-back lobsterette]
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Max. Length 6 cm TL
 
Nephropsis ensirostris
[Gladiator lobsterette]
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Max. Length 6.4 cm CL
 
Nephropsis grandis
[]
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Max. Length 3.3 cm CL
 
Nephropsis holthuisi
[]
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Nephropsis malhaensis
[Saya de malha lobsterette]
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Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
 
Nephropsis neglecta
[Ruby lobsterette]
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Max. Length 13 cm TL
 
Nephropsis occidentalis
[Pacific lobsterette]
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Max. Length 2.6 cm CL
 
Nephropsis pygmaea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 13 cm TL
 
Nephropsis rosea
[Two-toned lobsterette]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.1 cm CL
 
Nephropsis serrata
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific and Ea
Max. Length 22.6 cm TL
Nephropsis stewartiWood-Mason, 1872

Photo by FAO
 
Nephropsis stewarti
[Indian Ocean lobsterette]
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Nephropsis suhmi
[Red and white lobsterette]
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Max. Length 3.9 cm CL
 
Nephropsis sulcata
[Grooved lobsterette]
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Thaumastocheles bipristis
[]
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Max. Length 13.1 cm TL
 
Thaumastocheles dochmiodon
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 17.5 cm TL
 
Thaumastocheles japonicus
[Pacific pincer lobster]
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Thaumastocheles massonktenos
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16 cm TL
 
Thaumastocheles zaleucus
[Atlantic pincer lobster]
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Thaumastochelopsis brucei
[]
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Max. Length 7.7 cm TL
 
Thaumastochelopsis wardi
[Australian pincer lobster]
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Max. Length 11 cm TL
 
Thymopides grobovi
[Bellator lobster]
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Thymopides Iaurentae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.7 cm TL
 
Thymopides laurentae
[]

Arntz, Wolf E.

Southeast Pacific, Southw
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Thymops birsteini(Zarenkov & Semenov, 1972)

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Thymops birsteini
[Patagonian lobsterette]
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Thymops takedai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Thymopsis nilenta
[Nilenta lobsterette]


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