''Nephropsis'' is a genus of
lobster
Lobsters are a family (biology), family (Nephropidae, Synonym (taxonomy), synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. Three of their five pairs of legs ...
s containing 15 extant species:
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Nephropsis acanthura''
Macpherson, 1990
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Nephropsis aculeata
''Nephropsis'' is a genus of lobster
Lobsters are a family (biology), family (Nephropidae, Synonym (taxonomy), synonym Homaridae) of marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea ...
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Smith, 1881
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Nephropsis agassizii''
A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
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Nephropsis atlantica''
Norman, 1882
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Nephropsis carpenteri''
Wood-Mason, 1885
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Nephropsis ensirostris''
Alcock, 1901
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Nephropsis holthuisii''
Macpherson, 1993
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Nephropsis malhaensis''
Borradaile, 1910
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Nephropsis neglecta''
Holthuis, 1974
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Nephropsis occidentalis''
Faxon, 1893
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Nephropsis rosea''
Bate, 1888
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Nephropsis serrata''
Macpherson, 1993
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Nephropsis stewarti''
Wood-Mason, 1872
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Nephropsis suhmi''
Bate, 1888
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Nephropsis sulcata''
Macpherson, 1990
One further fossil species has also been described.
References
True lobsters
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