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Nephropidae
Description | Lobsters are a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homeridae) of large marine crustaceans. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephropidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Nephropidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Common Name | clawed lobster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Nephropidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 164 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 45 (27%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 279 - 272 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Decapoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | chitin (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. Karasawa. 2000. Discovery of Early Cretaceous (Barremian) decapod Crustacea from the Arida Formation of Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Paleontological Research 4(4):235-238 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Hummer, Clawed Lobsters, Echte Zeekreeften, Humrar, Lobsters, True Lobsters And Lobsterettes, アカザエビ, Clawed Lobster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephropidae |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Homarinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Nephropinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Acanthacaris genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Dinochelus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eunephrops genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Homarinus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Homarus genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Hoploparia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 88 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
Jagtia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Metanephrops genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Nephropides genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Nephrops genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Nephropsis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 279 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Oncopareia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Palaeonephrops ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Paraclythia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Pseudohomarus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Thaumastocheles genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Thaumastochelopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Thymopides genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Thymops genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Thymopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Wongastacia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Homaridae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Homaridae |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1852 | Nephropidae Dana |
1971 | Nephropidae Feldmann and Holland, Jr. p. 839 |
1974 | Nephropidae Feldmann p. 588 |
1992 | Nephropidae Feldmann and Keys p. 9 |
2000 | Nephropidae Karasawa p. 235 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!