Metanephrops

Metanephrops; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Metanephrops japonicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Nephropidae
Genus:	Metanephrops; Jenkins, 1972
Type species
	Nephrops japonicus; Tapparone-Canefri, 1873
Species
	see Text

Metanephrops is a genus of lobsters, commonly known as scampi. Important species for fishery include Metanephrops australiensis (Australian scampi) and Metanephrops challengeri (New Zealand scampi). It differs from other lobsters such as Homarus and Nephrops norvegicus in that its two main claws are of equal size, rather than being differentiated into a crusher and a pincher.^[1] There are 18 extant species recognised in the genus:^[2]

Metanephrops andamanicus (Wood-Mason, 1891)
Metanephrops arafurensis (De Man, 1905)
Metanephrops armatus Chan & Yu, 1991
Metanephrops australiensis (Bruce, 1966)
Metanephrops binghami (Boone, 1927)
Metanephrops boschmai (Holthuis, 1964)
Metanephrops challengeri (Balss, 1914)
Metanephrops formosanus Chan & Yu, 1987
Metanephrops japonicus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1873)
Metanephrops mozambicus Macpherson, 1990
Metanephrops neptunus (Bruce, 1965)
Metanephrops rubellus (Moreira, 1903)
Metanephrops sagamiensis (Parisi, 1917)
Metanephrops sibogae (De Man, 1916)
Metanephrops sinensis (Bruce, 1966)
Metanephrops taiwanicus (Hu, 1983)
Metanephrops thomsoni (Bate, 1888)
Metanephrops velutinus Chan & Yu, 1991

A further three species are known from fossils:^[3]^[4]

Metanephrops jenkinsi Feldmann, 1989 – Late Cretaceous
Metanephrops motunauensis Jenkins, 1972 – Pliocene
Metanephrops rossensis Feldmann et al., 1993 – Late Cretaceous

References

^ Lipke Holthuis (1991). FAO species catalogue Vol. 13: Marine lobsters of the world. FAO.
^ Tin-Yam Chan (2010). "Metanephrops Jenkins, 1972". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
^ Dale Tshudy, Tin-Yam Chan; Ulf Sorhannus (2007). "Morphology-based clasdistic analysis of Metanephrops: the most diverse extant genus of clawed lobster (Nephropidae)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 27 (3): 463–476. doi:10.1651/S-2777.1. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

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[1] Lipke Holthuis (1991). FAO species catalogue Vol. 13: Marine lobsters of the world. FAO.

[2] Tin-Yam Chan (2010). "Metanephrops Jenkins, 1972". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 17, 2010.

[Grave-3] 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.

[4] Dale Tshudy, Tin-Yam Chan; Ulf Sorhannus (2007). "Morphology-based clasdistic analysis of Metanephrops: the most diverse extant genus of clawed lobster (Nephropidae)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 27 (3): 463–476. doi:10.1651/S-2777.1. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

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v t e Genera of Nephropidae (clawed lobsters)
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea Order Decapoda Infraorder Astacidea Family Nephropidae
Acanthacaris (2 extant sp.) Dinochelus (1 extant sp.) Eunephrops (4 extant sp.) Homarinus (1 extant sp.) Homarus (2 extant sp.) Hoploparia † Jagtia † Metanephrops (18 extant sp.) Nephropides (1 extant sp.) Nephrops (1 extant sp.) Nephropsis (15 extant sp.) Oncopareia † Palaeonephrops † Paraclythia † Pseudohomarus † Thaumastocheles (3 extant sp.) Thaumastochelopsis (2 extant sp.) Thymopides (2 extant sp.) Thymops (1 extant sp.) Thymopsis (1 extant sp.)