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Nephrops
Taxonomy
Nephrops was named by Leach (1814) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Nephropidae, Nephropoidea.
It was assigned to Homaridae by Rathbun (1935); to Nephropinae by Feldmann and Holland (1971); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nephropidae by Tshudy and Sorhannus (2000), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Feldmann et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Homaridae by Rathbun (1935); to Nephropinae by Feldmann and Holland (1971); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nephropidae by Tshudy and Sorhannus (2000), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Feldmann et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1814 | Nephrops Leach |
| 1935 | Nephrops Rathbun p. 28 |
| 1971 | Nephrops Feldmann and Holland, Jr. p. 839 |
| 2000 | Nephrops Tshudy and Sorhannus p. 227 |
| 2002 | Nephrops Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Nephrops Schweitzer et al. p. 30 |
| 2016 | Nephrops Feldmann et al. p. 21 |
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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.
G. Nephrops Leach 1814
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†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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 122.46000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Aptian | USA (Texas) | N. americanus (141171) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | N. sp. (76601) | |
| Tortonian | Denmark | N. kvistgaardae (98312 126567) | |
| Messinian | Dominican Republic | N. aequus (226691) N. maoensis (135731) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Panama | N. sp., N. costatus (134957) |