WoRMS taxon details
Nephropidae Dana, 1852
AphiaID: 106741
AphiaID: 106741
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Macrura Reptantia (Suborder) > Astacidea (Infraorder) > Nephropoidea (Superfamily) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Nephropoidea | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Chan, T.Y., 2010. Annotated Checklist of the World’s Marine Lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidea, Glypheidea, Achelata, Polychelida). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 23: 153–181. [details] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Dinochelus Ahyong, Chan & Bouchet, 2010 Genus Eunephrops Smith, 1885 Genus Homarinus Kornfield, Williams & Steneck, 1995 Genus Homarus Weber, 1795 Genus Metanephrops Jenkins, 1972 Subfamily Neophoberinae Glaessner, 1969
Genus Nephropides Manning, 1969 Genus Nephrops Leach, 1814 Genus Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872 Genus Phoberus Genus Thaumastocheles Wood-Mason, 1874 Genus Thaumastochelopsis Bruce, 1988 Genus Thymopides Burukovsky & Averin, 1977 Genus Thymops Holthuis, 1974 Genus Thymopsis Holthuis, 1974 Genus Wongastacia Genus Bellator Burukovsky & Averin, 1976 accepted as Thymopides Burukovsky & Averin, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Authority: Authority taken from d'Udekem d'Acoz [details] Classification: Included in Infraordo Nephropidea by d'Udekem d'Acoz [details] Description: Body tubular; carapace with a well developed rostrum; first three pairs of legs with pincers, first pair much larger than others; antennae cylindrical, much longer than the body [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106741 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Chan, T.; Türkay, M. (2013). Nephropidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106741 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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