Deep-Sea taxon details
Nephropidae Dana, 1852
106741 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106741)
accepted
Family
Neophoberinae Glaessner, 1969 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Acanthacaris Spence Bate, 1888
- Genus Eunephrops Smith, 1885
- Genus Homarus Weber, 1795
- Genus Metanephrops Jenkins, 1972
- Genus Nephropides Manning, 1969
- Genus Nephrops Leach, 1814
- Genus Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872
- Genus Thaumastocheles Wood-Mason, 1874
- Genus Thymopides Burukovsky & Averin, 1977
- Genus Thymops Holthuis, 1974
- Subfamily Neophoberinae Glaessner, 1969 accepted as Nephropidae Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Phoberus A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 accepted as Acanthacaris Spence Bate, 1888 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Genus Thymopsis Holthuis, 1974 accepted as Thymops Holthuis, 1974 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Dana, J. D. (1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, &c. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the exploring expedition under Capt. C. Wilkes, U.S.N. Macroura. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6: 10-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779609 [details] 
Description Body tubular; carapace with a well developed rostrum; first three pairs of legs with pincers, first pair much larger than...
Description Body tubular; carapace with a well developed rostrum; first three pairs of legs with pincers, first pair much larger than others; antennae cylindrical, much longer than the body [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Nephropidae Dana, 1852. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106741 on 2026-06-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Nephropidae Dana, 1852. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106741 on 2026-06-06
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Dana, J. D. (1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, &c. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the exploring expedition under Capt. C. Wilkes, U.S.N. Macroura. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6: 10-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779609 [details]
original description (of Neophoberinae Glaessner, 1969) Glaessner, M.F. (1969). Decapoda. In: R.C. Moore (ed.). <em>Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.</em> R(4)(2): R400-R533, R626-R628. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. [details] Available for editors
context source (WoRCS) Bianchi, C. N.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Morri, C.; Froglia, C. (2022). Distribution and Ecology of Decapod Crustaceans in Mediterranean Marine Caves: A Review. <em>Diversity.</em> 14(3): 176., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/176 [details] Available for editors
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Chan, T.-Y. (2010). Annotated Checklist of the World's Marine Lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidea, Glypheidea, Achelata, Polychelida). <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Suppl. 23: 153–181. [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Tsang, L.; Ma, K.; Ahyong, S.; Chan, T.-Y.; Chu, K. (2008). Phylogeny of Decapoda using two nuclear protein-coding genes: Origin and evolution of the Reptantia. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 48(1): 359-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.04.009 [details]
original description (of Neophoberinae Glaessner, 1969) Glaessner, M.F. (1969). Decapoda. In: R.C. Moore (ed.). <em>Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.</em> R(4)(2): R400-R533, R626-R628. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. [details] Available for editors
context source (WoRCS) Bianchi, C. N.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Morri, C.; Froglia, C. (2022). Distribution and Ecology of Decapod Crustaceans in Mediterranean Marine Caves: A Review. <em>Diversity.</em> 14(3): 176., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/176 [details] Available for editors
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Chan, T.-Y. (2010). Annotated Checklist of the World's Marine Lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidea, Glypheidea, Achelata, Polychelida). <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Suppl. 23: 153–181. [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Tsang, L.; Ma, K.; Ahyong, S.; Chan, T.-Y.; Chu, K. (2008). Phylogeny of Decapoda using two nuclear protein-coding genes: Origin and evolution of the Reptantia. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 48(1): 359-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.04.009 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Body tubular; carapace with a well developed rostrum; first three pairs of legs with pincers, first pair much larger than others; antennae cylindrical, much longer than the body [details]
