Nephropoidea

Nephropoidea
	Nephropsis rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Astacidea
Superfamily:	Nephropoidea; Dana, 1852
Families
	Nephropidae Dana, 1852; † Chilenophoberidae Tshudy & Babcock, 1997; † Protastacidae Albrecht, 1983; † Stenochiridae Beurlen, 1928;

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.^[1] Their closest relatives are the reef lobsters.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.

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