Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae
Belongs to Metanephrops according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Feldmann and Keys 1992 and Jenkins 1972
Sister taxa: Metanephrops andamanicus, Metanephrops arafurensis, Metanephrops australiensis, Metanephrops binghami, Metanephrops boschmai, Metanephrops challengeri, Metanephrops elongatus, Metanephrops japonicus, Metanephrops jenkinsi, Metanephrops neptunus, Metanephrops rossensis, Metanephrops rubellus, Metanephrops sagamiensis, Metanephrops sibogae, Metanephrops sinensis, Metanephrops thomsoni, Metanephrops velutinus, Wongastacia taiwanica
Type specimen: zfc 201 CM, an exoskeleton
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Metanephrops motunauensis in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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