Nephropidae

Also known as the lobster family, lobster

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Nephropidae is the scientific family name for lobsters, the large marine crustaceans commonly caught and sold for food. These animals are important to commercial fishing industries and seafood markets around the world.

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Species

clawed lobsters

Nephropidae

FAMILY

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyNephropidae

Habitatmarine

Observations recorded993,778

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Research

2,459 papers

Simpler networks.ReviewAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 1972Maynard DMDOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1972.tb27823.x
Invertebrate carotenoproteins.Methods in enzymology · 1985Zagalsky PFDOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(85)11011-6
Validation of Metanephrops serendipitus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Nephropidae), a deep-water lobster from lower Miocene of Meljski hrib (Maribor, Slovenia).Zootaxa · 2023Gapari R, Tshudy D, Chan TY et al.DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9
Diseases of Nephrops and Metanephrops: a review.ReviewJournal of invertebrate pathology · 2011Stentiford GD, Neil DMDOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.09.017
The complete mitochondrial genome of the red-banded lobster Metanephrops thomsoni (Crustacea, Astacidea, Nephropidae): a novel gene order.Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis · 2016Ahn DH, Min GS, Park JK et al.DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1043536
Origin and diversification of the clawed lobster genus Metanephrops (Crustacea: Decapoda: Nephropidae).Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2009Chan TY, Ho KC, Li CP et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.020
Decapod crustacean chelipeds: an overview.ReviewJournal of biosciences · 2000Mariappan P, Balasundaram C, Schmitz BDOI: 10.1007/BF02703939
First record of the Nephropid genus Acanthacaris Bate, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Nephropidae) from Taiwan.Zootaxa · 2015Chang SC, Wang TW, Chan TYDOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.5.8

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Commons category: Nephropidae
taxon name: Nephropidae

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Article

20 sections

Contents

Distinction
Description
Body
Coloring
Longevity
Ecology
As food
History
Grading
Killing methods and animal welfare
Boiled alive
Legal status
Recognition of the sentience of European lobsters
Fishery and aquaculture
Species
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

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Lobsters are malacostracan decapod crustaceans of the family Nephropidae or its synonym Homaridae. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs have claws, including the first pair, which are usually much larger than the others. Highly prized as seafood, lobsters are economically important and are often one of the most profitable commodities in the coastal areas they populate.