Nephropsis

Nephropsis
Nephropsis rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Nephropidae
Genus:	Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872
Type species
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872

Nephropsis is a genus of lobsters containing 18 extant species:^[1]

Species

• Nephropsis acanthura Macpherson, 1990
• Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881
• Nephropsis agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

IZ 1151429 specimen of N. agassizii, recently defrosted specimen photographed prior to preservation

• Nephropsis atlantica Norman, 1882
• Nephropsis carpenteri Wood-Mason, 1885
• Nephropsis ensirostris Alcock, 1901

N. ensirostris

• Nephropsis grandis Zarenkov, 2006
• Nephropsis holthuisii Macpherson, 1993

N. holthuisi

• • Nephropsis macphersoni Watabe & Iizuka, 1999 is a synonym
• Nephropsis malhaensis Borradaile, 1910
• Nephropsis neglecta Holthuis, 1974
• Nephropsis occidentalis Faxon, 1893
• Nephropsis pygmaea Chang, Chan & Kumar, 2020
• Nephropsis rahayuae Chang, Chan & Kumar, 2020
• Nephropsis rosea Bate, 1888
• Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993

N. serrata

• Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872

N. stewarti

• Nephropsis suhmi Bate, 1888
• Nephropsis sulcata Macpherson, 1990

One further fossil species has also been described:^[2]

• †Nephropsis midwayensis Rathbun, 1935

References

1. Ahyong, Shane (2023). "Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
2. 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 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2012-04-13.