Nephrops costatus Rathbun 1918 (clawed lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1918. Decapod crustaceans from the Panama region. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 103:123-184

Belongs to Nephrops according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Rathbun 1918

Sister taxa: Nephrops aequus, Nephrops americanus, Nephrops geoffroyi, Nephrops kvistgaardae, Nephrops maoensis, Nephrops naoensis, Nephrops norvegicus, Nephrops reedi

Type specimen: USNM 324246, a claw. Its type locality is USGS 5850, Mount Hope, which is in a Pleistocene marine mudstone in Panama.

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 5850, Mount Hope

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