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True Lobsters
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True Lobsters

Nephropidae

Lobsters comprise a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine crustaceans.

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14 branches of this family, most-observed first

Homarus

genusHomarus

Norway Lobsters

genusNephrops

Scampi

genusMetanephrops

Deep-Sea Lobsters

genusAcanthacaris

Eunephrops

genusEunephrops

Cape Lobsters

genusHomarinus

Lobsterettes

genusNephropsis

Southern Lobsterettes

genusThymops

Hoploparia

genusHoploparia

Thymopides

genusThymopides

Mitten Lobsterettes

genusNephropides

Australian Pincer Lobsters

genusThaumastochelopsis

Terrible Claw Lobsters

genusDinochelus

Pincer Lobsters

genusThaumastocheles

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61385.