WoRMS taxon details
Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872
106864 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106864)
accepted
Genus
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872 (type by monotypy)
- Species Nephropsis acanthura Macpherson, 1990
- Species Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881
- Species Nephropsis agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Species Nephropsis atlantica Norman, 1882
- Species Nephropsis carpenteri Wood-Mason, 1885
- Species Nephropsis ensirostris Alcock, 1901
- Species Nephropsis grandis Zarenkov, 2006
- Species Nephropsis holthuisi Macpherson, 1993
- Species Nephropsis malhaensis Borradaile, 1910
- Species Nephropsis neglecta Holthuis, 1974
- Species Nephropsis occidentalis Faxon, 1893
- Species Nephropsis perexigua Chan & Chang, 2026
- Species Nephropsis pygmaea Chang, Chan & Kumar, 2020
- Species Nephropsis rahayuae Chang, Chan & Kumar, 2020
- Species Nephropsis rosea Spence Bate, 1888
- Species Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993
- Species Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872
- Species Nephropsis suhmi Spence Bate, 1888
- Species Nephropsis sulcata Macpherson, 1990
- Species Nephropsis aculeatus Smith, 1881 accepted as Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nephropsis cornubiensis Spence Bate & Brooking Rowe, 1880 accepted as Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nephropsis hamadai Watabe & Ikeda, 1994 accepted as Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nephropsis lyra Zarenkov, 2006 accepted as Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nephropsis macphersoni Watabe & Iizuka, 1999 accepted as Nephropsis holthuisi Macpherson, 1993 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nephropsis meteor Zarenkov, 2006 accepted as Nephropsis suhmi Spence Bate, 1888 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Nephropsis orientalis Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Nephropsis suhmi Spence Bate, 1888 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Nephropsis pseudoserrata Zarenkov, 2006 accepted as Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Wood-Mason, J. (1872). On Nephropsis stewarti, a new genus and species of macrourus crustaceans, dredged in deep water off the eastern coast of the Andaman Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 1872: 151. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106864 on 2026-08-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Wood-Mason, J. (1872). On Nephropsis stewarti, a new genus and species of macrourus crustaceans, dredged in deep water off the eastern coast of the Andaman Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 1872: 151. [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
additional source d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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 d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オキナエビ属 | [details] |
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nephropsis)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1151619 specimen view)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nephropsis)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1151619 specimen view)
To ITIS
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