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Nephropsis

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Nephropsis
Nephropsis rosea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Nephropsis
Wood-Mason, 1872
Type species
Nephropsis stewarti

Nephropsis is a genus of lobsters containing 18 extant species:[1]

One further fossil species has also been described:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ahyong, Shane (2023). "Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  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.