- Nephropoidea
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Nephropoidea 
Nephropsis rosea Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Astacidea Family: Nephropoidea
Dana, 1852Families - Nephropidae Dana, 1852
- † Chilenophoberidae Tshudy & Babcock, 1997
- † Protastacidae Albrecht, 1983
- † Stenochiridae Beurlen, 1928
Nephropoidea is a superfamily of decapod crustaceans. It contains the true lobsters in the Nephropidae (including the rare thaumastochelid lobsters), and three fossil families: Chilenophoberidae, Protastacidae and Stenochiridae.[1] Their closest relatives are the reef lobsters.[1]
References
- ^ a b Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf.
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