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Southern Lobsterettes
Thymops
Thymops birsteini, the Patagonian lobsterette, is a species of lobster found around the coasts of South America, particularly the South Atlantic. It belongs to the monotypic genus Thymops.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Patagonian Lobsterette
speciesThymops birsteini
Nilenta Lobsterette
speciesThymops nilenta
Thymops takedai
speciesThymops takedai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 92522.