Nephropoidea
Sign in to saveNephropoidea is a superfamily of decapod crustaceans. It contains the true lobsters in the Nephropidae (including the rare thaumastochelid lobsters), and three fossil families: Chilenophoberidae, Protastacidae and Stenochiridae. Their closest relatives are the reef lobsters.
Species
clawed lobsters
Superfamily
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
Habitatmarine
via
Wikidata facts
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Nephropoidea
- taxon name
- Nephropoidea
- taxon rank
- superfamily
- topic's main category
- Category:True lobsters
- taxon common name
- アカザエビ上科
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- References
Nephropoidea is a superfamily of decapod crustaceans. It contains the true lobsters in the Nephropidae (including the rare thaumastochelid lobsters), and three fossil families: Chilenophoberidae, Protastacidae and Stenochiridae. Their closest relatives are the reef lobsters.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nephropoidea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.