Deep-Sea taxon details
Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881
382862 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382862)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Smith, S.I. (1881). Preliminary notice on the Crustacea dredged in 64 to 325 fathoms, off the South Coast of New England, by the United States Fish Commission in 1880. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 3: 413-452., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.172.413 [details] 
Lectotype USNM 20923, geounit Massachusetts
Lectotype USNM 20923, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Depth range Deep (more than 100 m)
Depth range Deep (more than 100 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881. 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=382862 on 2026-09-03
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382862 on 2026-09-03
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(of ) Smith, S.I. (1881). Preliminary notice on the Crustacea dredged in 64 to 325 fathoms, off the South Coast of New England, by the United States Fish Commission in 1880. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 3: 413-452., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.172.413 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Felder, D.L., Álvarez, F.,; Goy, J.W.; Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details]
additional source Holthuis, L. B. (1991). FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. <em>FAO Fisheries Synopsis.</em> 125(13): 1–292. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Felder, D.L., Álvarez, F.,; Goy, J.W.; Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details]
additional source Holthuis, L. B. (1991). FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. <em>FAO Fisheries Synopsis.</em> 125(13): 1–292. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype USNM 20923, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Paralectotype USNM 20923, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Unreviewed
Depth range Deep (more than 100 m) [details]Habitat Hard bottom (rock and rubbles) [details]
Habitat Deep sea between 137 and 824 m, mostly between 200 and 600 m. Bottom: mud or fine sand. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Florida lobsterette | [details] |
| French | langoustine de Floride | [details] |
| Spanish | cigala de Florida | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nephropsis aculeata)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 174459 Side View)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 174459 Dorsal View)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (300 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 006644.CR)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nephropsis aculeata)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 174459 Side View)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 174459 Dorsal View)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (300 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 006644.CR)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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