List of Nominal Species of Nephropidae
(clawed crabs)
Nominal Species (n = 59) Present allocation (n = 45) Ref.
Nephropsis acanthura Macpherson, 1990 Nephropsis acanthura 19
Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881 Nephropsis aculeata 19
Nephropsis aculeatus Smith, 1881 Nephropsis aculeata 4
Nephropsis agassizii Milne-Edwards, 1880 Nephropsis agassizii 19
Astacus americanus Stebbing, 1893 Homarus americanus 4
Homarus americanus Milne-Edwards, 1837 Homarus americanus 19
Metanephrops armatus Chan & Yu, 1991 Metanephrops armatus 19
Nephropsis atlantica Norman, 1882 Nephropsis atlantica 19
Dinochelus ausubeli Ahyong, Chan & Bouchet, 2010 Dinochelus ausubeli 85279
Eunephrops bairdii Smith, 1885 Eunephrops bairdii 19
Thaumastocheles bipristis Chang, Chan & Ahyong, 2014 Thaumastocheles bipristis 3477
Nephropides birsteini Zarenkov & Semenov, 1972 Thymops birsteini 4
Phoberus brevirostris Thung & Wang, 1985 Acanthacaris tenuimana 4
Thaumastochelopsis brucei Ahyong, Chu & Chan, 2007 Thaumastochelopsis brucei 3477
Eunephrops cadenasi Chace, 1939 Eunephrops cadenasi 19
Neophoberus caecus Milne-Edwards, 1881 Acanthacaris caeca 4
Phoberus caecus Milne-Edwards, 1881 Acanthacaris caeca 4
Phoberus caecus sublevis Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 Acanthacaris tenuimana 4
Nephropides caribaeus Manning, 1969 Nephropides caribaeus 19
Nephropsis carpenteri Wood-Mason, 1885 Nephropsis carpenteri 19
Thaumastocheles dochmiodon Chan & Saint Laurent, 1999 Thaumastocheles dochmiodon 3477
Nephropsis ensirostris Alcock, 1901 Nephropsis ensirostris 19
Astacus europaeus Couch, 1837 Homarus gammarus 4
Metanephrops formosanus Chan & Yu, 1987 Metanephrops formosanus 19
Astacus gammarus Pennant, 1777 Homarus gammarus 4
Cancer gammarus Linnaeus, 1758 Homarus gammarus 4
Nephropsis holthuisi Macpherson, 1993 Nephropsis holthuisi 3477
Thymopides Iaurentae Segonzac & Macpherson, 2004 Thymopides Iaurentae 8774
Nephrops japonicus Tapparone Canefri, 1873 Nephrops japonicus 77869
Thaumastocheles japonicus Calman, 1913 Thaumastocheles japonicus 19
Thymopides laurentae Segonzac & Macpherson, 2003 Thymopides laurentae 3477
Eunephrops luckhursti Manning, 1997 Eunephrops luckhursti 3477
Homarus mainensis Berrill, 1956 Homarus americanus 4
Nephropsis malhaensis Borradaile, 1910 Nephropsis malhaensis 19
Eunephrops manningi Holthuis, 1974 Eunephrops manningi 19
Astacus marinus Fabricius, 1775 Homarus gammarus 4
Homarus marinus Weber, 1795 Homarus gammarus 4
Thaumastocheles massonktenos Chang, Chan & Ahyong, 2014 Thaumastocheles massonktenos 100230
Metanephrops mozambicus Macpherson, 1990 Metanephrops mozambicus 19
Nephropsis neglecta Holthuis, 1974 Nephropsis neglecta 19
Thymopsis nilenta Holthuis, 1974 Thymopsis nilenta 4
Nephropsis occidentalis Faxon, 1893 Nephropsis occidentalis 19
Acanthacaris opipara Burukovsky & Musy, 1976 Acanthacaris tenuimana 4
Nephropsis orientalis Bate, 1888 Nephropsis suhmi 4
Nephropsis pymaea Chang, Chan & Kumar, 2020 Nephropsis pymaea 3477
Nephropsis rosea Bate, 1888 Nephropsis rosea 19
Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993 Nephropsis serrata 3477
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872 Nephropsis stewarti 19
Nephropsis suhmi Bate, 1888 Nephropsis suhmi 19
Nephropsis sulcata Macpherson, 1990 Nephropsis sulcata 19
Wongastacia taiwanica Hu, 1983 Metanephrops taiwanicus 3477
Thymops takedai Ahyong, Webber & Chan, 2012 Thymops takedai 3477
Acanthacaris tenuimana Bate, 1888 Acanthacaris tenuimana 19
Phoberus tenuimanus Bate, 1888 Acanthacaris tenuimana 4
Nephrops thomsoni Bate, 1888 Metanephrops thomsoni 81840
Metanephrops velutinus Chan & Yu, 1991 Metanephrops velutinus 19
Homarus vulgaris Milne-Edwards, 1837 Homarus gammarus 4
Thaumastochelopsis wardi Bruce, 1988 Thaumastochelopsis wardi 19
Astacus zaleucus Thomson, 1873 Thaumastocheles zaleucus 4
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