WoRMS taxon details
Nephropsis agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
382863 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382863)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Milne-Edwards, A. (1880). Note sur une nouvelle espèce de Crustacé aveugle provenant des grandes profondeurs de la mer. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles, Zoologie, ser. 6.</em> 9(2): 1. [details] 
Note Florida, USA but likely wrong and should be...
Type locality Florida, USA but likely wrong and should be north of Yucatan Bank. Mexico [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Nephropsis agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382863 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Milne-Edwards, A. (1880). Note sur une nouvelle espèce de Crustacé aveugle provenant des grandes profondeurs de la mer. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles, Zoologie, ser. 6.</em> 9(2): 1. [details]
basis of record Felder, D.L., Álvarez, F.,; Goy, J.W.; Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details]
basis of record Felder, D.L., Álvarez, F.,; Goy, J.W.; Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Holthuis, L. B. (1991). FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. <em>FAO Fisheries Synopsis.</em> 125(13): 1–292. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Holthuis, L. B. (1991). FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. <em>FAO Fisheries Synopsis.</em> 125(13): 1–292. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Florida, USA but likely wrong and should be north of Yucatan Bank. Mexico [details]Unreviewed
Depth range Deep (more than 100 m) [details]Depth range Deep sea between 878 and 2560 m, most common between 1100 and 1900 m. [details]
Habitat Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | prickly lobsteretteAgassiz's lobsterette | [details] |
| French | langoustine epineuse | [details] |
| Spanish | cigalo de grano | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To CRUSTA
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1151429 specimen)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (14 records)
To ITIS
To CRUSTA
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1151429 specimen)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (14 records)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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