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Nephropidae (clawed lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae

Taxonomy

Nephropidae was named by Dana (1852). It is extant. Its type is Nephrops.

It was assigned to Pleocyemata by Feldmann and Holland (1971); to Nephropoidea by Karasawa (2000), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Feldmann et al. (2016); and to Astacidea by Feldmann (1974), Feldmann and Keys (1992), Feldmann et al. (1995), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2024).

Synonyms

Thaumastochelidae was named by Bate (1888). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nephropidae by Feldmann et al. (2016), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2024).

It was assigned to Nephropoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010).
Homarinae was named by Huxley (1879). Its type is Homarus.

It was reranked as the family Homaridae by Rathbun (1918); it was synonymized subjectively with Nephropidae by Feldmann et al. (2016), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2024).

It was assigned to Astacura by Rathbun (1918); and to Nephropidae by Feldmann (1974), Karasawa (2000), Verheyden (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1852	Nephropidae Dana
1879	Homarinae Huxley
1888	Thaumastochelidae Bate
1918	Homaridae Rathbun p. 132
1971	Nephropidae Feldmann and Holland, Jr. p. 839
1974	Homarinae Feldmann p. 588
1974	Nephropidae Feldmann p. 588
1992	Nephropidae Feldmann and Keys p. 9
1995	Nephropidae Feldmann et al. p. 2
2000	Homarinae Karasawa p. 235
2000	Nephropidae Karasawa p. 235
2001	Nephropidae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 179
2002	Homarinae Verheyden p. 179
2010	Thaumastochelidae Schweitzer et al.
2010	Nephropidae Schweitzer et al. p. 28
2016	Nephropidae Feldmann et al. p. 16
2024	Nephropidae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 7

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Multicrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
class	Malacostraca	()
subclass	Eumalacostraca	Grobben 1892
—	Caridoida	Hessler 1982
order	Decapoda
suborder	Pleocyemata	Burkenroad 1963
infraorder	Astacidea	Latreille 1802
—	Homarida	Scholtz and Richter 1995
superfamily	Nephropoidea	Dana 1852
family	Nephropidae	Dana 1852
family	Nephropidae	Dana 1852

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Nephropidae Dana 1852 [clawed lobster]

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G. Acanthacaris Bate 1988

G. †Cardirhynchus Schluter 1862

†Cardirhynchus spinosus Schluter 1862

G. Dinochelus Ahyong et al. 2010

†Dinochelus radwanskii Fraaije et al. 2018

†Dinochelus steeplensis Tshudy and Saward 2012

G. Eunephrops Smith 1885

G. Homarinus Kornfield et al. 1995

G. Homarus Weber 1795

Homarus americanus Milne Edwards 1837

†Homarus brittonestris Stenzel 1945

†Homarus davisi Stenzel 1945

†Homarus fami Garassino et al. 2021

Homarus gammarus Linnaeus 1758

†Homarus hakelensis Fraas 1878

†Homarus lehmanni Haas 1889

†Homarus mickelsoni Bishop 1985

†Homarus morrisi Quayle 1987

†Homarus neptunianus Polkowsky 2004

†Homarus percyi Van Beneden 1872

†Homarus travisensis Stenzel 1945

†Homarus vulgaris Milne Edwards 1837

G. †Hoploparia Karasawa 1998

†Hoploparia albertaensis Tshudy et al. 2005

†Hoploparia alpinus Van Straelen 1936

†Hoploparia anomala Rathbun 1935

†Hoploparia antarctica Wilckens 1907

†Hoploparia arbei Aguire-Urreta 1989

†Hoploparia aspera Harbort 1905

†Hoploparia bearpawensis Feldmann et al. 1977

†Hoploparia belli M'Coy 1849

†Hoploparia benedeni Pelseneer 1886

†Hoploparia bennetti Woodward 1900

†Hoploparia beyrichi Schluter 1862

†Hoploparia biserialis Fritsch and Kafka 1887

†Hoploparia blossomana Rathbun 1935

†Hoploparia bretoni Feldmann and Schweitzer 2021

†Hoploparia buntingi Feldmann and Holland, Jr. 1971

†Hoploparia calcarifera Schluter 1879

†Hoploparia catalunica Garassino et al. 2009

†Hoploparia collignoni Van Stralen 1949

†Hoploparia columbiana Beurlen 1938

†Hoploparia corneti Van Straelen 1921

†Hoploparia dentata Roemer 1841

Invalid names: Hoploparia prismatica M'Coy 1849 [synonym], Palaeno roemeri Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym]

†Hoploparia dentonensis Rathbun 1935

†Hoploparia edwardsi Robineae-Desvoidy 1849

Invalid names: Homarus blainvillei Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus boscii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus cottaldi Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus cuvieri Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus desmarestii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus dorbignyi Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus fabricii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus guerini Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus herbsti Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus lamarckii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus latreillei Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus linnei Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus lucasii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus michelinii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus sowerbyi Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Hoploparia neocomiensis Tribolet 1875 [synonym]

†Hoploparia eocenica Lorenthey 1929

†Hoploparia falcifer Fritsch and Kafka 1887

†Hoploparia fraasi Böhm 1891

†Hoploparia gabbi Pilsbry 1901

†Hoploparia gadzicki Feldmann and Crame 1998

†Hoploparia gammaroides M'Coy 1849

†Hoploparia georgeana Rathbun 1935

†Hoploparia gladiator Pilsbry 1901

†Hoploparia groenlandica Ravn 1903

†Hoploparia hemprichi Merin 1941

†Hoploparia horrida Schweitzer et al. 2003

†Hoploparia intermedia Secretan 1964

†Hoploparia johnsoni Rathbun 1935

†Hoploparia kamimurai Kato and Karasawa 2006

†Hoploparia kamuy Karasawa and Hayakawa 2000

†Hoploparia klebsi Noetling 1885

Invalid names: Hoploparia knetschii Zimmerman 1944 [synonym]

†Hoploparia lehmanni Haas 1889

†Hoploparia longimana Sowerby 1826

Invalid names: Hoploparia granulosa Bell 1863 [synonym], Hoploparia punctulata Bell 1863 [synonym], Hoploparia sulcirostris Bell 1863 [synonym]

†Hoploparia mcnairyensis Rathbun 1926

†Hoploparia mesembria Etheridge Jr 1917

†Hoploparia minima Tribolet 1876

†Hoploparia miyamotoi Karasawa 1998

†Hoploparia muncki Pelseneer 1886

†Hoploparia nasilowensis Fraaije et al. 2018

†Hoploparia natsumiae Karasawa et al. 2008

†Hoploparia pelseneeri van Straelen 1936

†Hoploparia percyi Beneden 1872

†Hoploparia pusilla Secretan 1964

†Hoploparia riddlensis Feldmann 1974

†Hoploparia saxbyi McCoy 1849

†Hoploparia schluteri Tribolet 1876

†Hoploparia sculpta Secretan 1964

†Hoploparia senonensis Forir 1887

†Hoploparia shastensis Rathbun 1929

†Hoploparia stokesi Weller 1903

†Hoploparia suecica Schluter 1879

†Hoploparia sulcicauda Schluter 1879

†Hoploparia tarrantensis Rathbun 1935

†Hoploparia tennesseensis Rathbun and Wade 1926

†Hoploparia triboleti Borrisiak 1904

†Hoploparia trigeri van Straelen 1936

†Hoploparia tshudyi Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001

†Hoploparia uzbekensis Feldmann et al. 2007

†Hoploparia victoriae Quayle 1987

†Hoploparia wardi Quayle 1987

Invalid names: Palaeno Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym]

G. †Jagtia Tshudy and Sorhannus 2000

†Jagtia kunradensis Tshudy and Sorhannus 2000

G. †Metahomarus Franţescu 2013

†Metahomarus reidi Franţescu 2013

G. Metanephrops Jenkins 1972

Metanephrops andamanicus Wood-Mason 1892

Metanephrops arafurensis De Man 1905

Metanephrops australiensis Bruce 1966

Metanephrops binghami Boone 1927

Metanephrops boschmai Holthuis 1964

Metanephrops challengeri Balss 1914

†Metanephrops elongatus Hu and Tao 2000

Metanephrops japonicus Tapparone Canefri 1873

†Metanephrops jenkinsi Feldmann 1989

†Metanephrops motunauensis Jenkins 1972

Metanephrops neptunus Bruce 1965

†Metanephrops rossensis Feldmann et al. 1993

Metanephrops rubellus Moreira 1903

Metanephrops sagamiensis Parisi 1917

Metanephrops sibogae De Man 1916

Metanephrops sinensis Bruce 1966

Metanephrops thomsoni Spencer Bate 1888

Metanephrops velutinus Chan and Yu 1991

Invalid names: Wongastacia Hu 1984 [synonym]

G. Nephropides Manning 1969

G. Nephrops Leach 1814

†Nephrops aequus Rathbun 1920

†Nephrops americanus Rathbun 1935

†Nephrops costatus Rathbun 1918

†Nephrops geoffroyi Robineae-Desvoidy 1849

†Nephrops kvistgaardae Fraaije et al. 2005

†Nephrops maoensis Rathbun 1920

†Nephrops naoensis Rathbun 1920

Nephrops norvegicus Linnaeus 1758 [Norway lobster]

†Nephrops reedi Carter 1898

G. Nephropsis Wood-Mason 1873

Nephropsis acanthura Maccpherson 1990

Nephropsis holthuisi Macpherson 1993

Nephropsis macphersoin Watabe and Iizuka 1999

†Nephropsis midwayensis Rathbun 1935

Nephropsis serrata Macpherson 1993

Nephropsis stewarti Wood Mason 1873

Nephropsis suhmi Bate 1888

G. †Notahomarus Charbonnier et al. 2017

G. †Oncopareia Bosquet 1854

†Oncopareia bredai Bosquet 1854

Invalid names: Enoploclytia paucispina Schlüter 1868 [synonym], Homarus bosqueti Pelseneer 1886 [objective synonym], Nymphaeops coesfeldiensis Schlüter 1862 [synonym]

†Oncopareia esocina Fritsch and Kafka 1887

†Oncopareia klintebjergensis Jakobsen and Collins 1979

†Oncopareia lunata Fritsch and Kafka 1887

†Oncopareia numcki Pelseneer 1886

Invalid names: Nymphaeops Schlüter 1862 [synonym], Stenocheles Fritsch and Kafka 1887 [synonym]

G. †Palaeohomarus

†Palaeohomarus collignoni Van Stralen 1949

†Palaeohomarus pacifica Aguirre-Urreta 2012

G. †Palaeonephrops Mertin 1941

†Palaeonephrops browni Whitfield 1907

Invalid names: Palaeastacus ornata Whiteaves 1887 [replaced]

†Palaeonephrops westoni Woodward 1900