†Nephrops costatus Rathbun 1918 (clawed lobster)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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