Nephropoidea
Superfamily of lobsters
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| Nephropsis rosea | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Astacidea |
| Superfamily: | Nephropoidea Dana, 1852 |
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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. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 5, 2012.
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Subgroups of Order Decapoda
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Malacostraca
- Subclass: Eumalacostraca
- Superorder: Eucarida
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