WoRMS taxon details
Metanephrops Jenkins, 1972
206076 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206076)
accepted
Genus
Nephrops japonicus Tapparone Canefri, 1873 accepted as Metanephrops japonicus (Tapparone Canefri, 1873) (type by original designation)
Wongastacia Hu, 1983 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Metanephrops andamanicus (Wood-Mason, 1892)
- Species Metanephrops arafurensis (De Man, 1905)
- Species Metanephrops armatus Chan & Yu, 1991
- Species Metanephrops australiensis (Bruce, 1966)
- Species Metanephrops binghami (Boone, 1927)
- Species Metanephrops boschmai (Holthuis, 1964)
- Species Metanephrops challengeri (Balss, 1914)
- Species Metanephrops formosanus Chan & Yu, 1987
- Species Metanephrops japonicus (Tapparone Canefri, 1873)
- Species Metanephrops mozambicus Macpherson, 1990
- Species Metanephrops neptunus (Bruce, 1965)
- Species Metanephrops rubellus (Moreira, 1903)
- Species Metanephrops sagamiensis (Parisi, 1917)
- Species Metanephrops sibogae (De Man, 1916)
- Species Metanephrops sinensis (Bruce, 1966)
- Species Metanephrops taiwanicus (Hu, 1983)
- Species Metanephrops thomsoni (Spence Bate, 1888)
- Species Metanephrops velutinus Chan & Yu, 1991
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
Jenkins, R.J.F. (1972). <i>Metanephrops</i>, a new genus of late Pliocene to recent lobsters (Decapoda, Nephropidae). <em>Crustaceana.</em> 22(2): 161-177. [details] Available for editors 
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DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Metanephrops Jenkins, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206076 on 2025-05-19
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Jenkins, R.J.F. (1972). <i>Metanephrops</i>, a new genus of late Pliocene to recent lobsters (Decapoda, Nephropidae). <em>Crustaceana.</em> 22(2): 161-177. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Wongastacia Hu, 1983) Hu CH. (1983). Discovery of fossil lobster from the Kuechulin Formation (Miocene), Southern Taiwan [in Chinese]. <em>Annals of Taiwan Museum.</em> 26: 129-136. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
[request]original description (of Wongastacia Hu, 1983) Hu CH. (1983). Discovery of fossil lobster from the Kuechulin Formation (Miocene), Southern Taiwan [in Chinese]. <em>Annals of Taiwan Museum.</em> 26: 129-136. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Other
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アカザエビ属 | [details] |