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The European lobster, *Homarus gammarus*, is a sizable crustacean belonging to the Nephropidae family. It inhabits cold-water regions of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Notably, its vibrant blue color distinguishes it from closely related species like the American lobster. Commercial f...

The New Zealand scampi (Metanephrops challengeri) is a deepwater lobsterette endemic to New Zealand waters, targeted by a commercially licensed scampi fishery and named in reference to HMS Challenger's historic oceanographic expeditions.

The Cape lobster, Homarus capensis, is a clawed lobster in the family Nephropidae. It is native to marine waters off the coast of South Africa and is noted for its small size and restricted distribution. Homarus capensis is the only known species of the genus Homarus native to the Southern Hemispher...

Metanephrops japonicus, commonly called the Japanese lobster, is a clawed marine lobster in the family Nephropidae. It belongs to the genus Metanephrops and was described by Tapparone-Canefri in 1873; the synonym Nephrops japonicus is also recorded in taxonomic databases. JAMSTEC records place the s...

The Chinese lobsterette, Metanephrops sinensis, is a marine clawed lobster in the family Nephropidae, also recorded under the common name China lobster. It is known from the South China Sea and the northwestern Philippines, where it lives on muddy bottoms at roughly 205 to 390 meters. The species re...

The Australian lobsterette (Metanephrops australiensis) is a deepwater clawed lobster native to Australian waters, contributing to small-scale scampi fisheries off the continent's northern and northwestern coasts.

The Caribbean lobsterette (Metanephrops binghami) is a small deepwater nephropsid lobster found in the western Atlantic around the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, occurring at depths generally below 200 metres.

The Taiwan lobsterette (Metanephrops taiwanicus) is a deepwater clawed lobster known from waters around Taiwan and neighboring parts of the western Pacific, described from specimens collected during scientific surveys.

The Andaman lobsterette (Metanephrops andamanicus) is a deepwater nephropsid crustacean found in the Indian Ocean, particularly around the Andaman Sea, and is one of several Metanephrops species in Indo-Pacific waters.

The Florida deepsea lobster (Nephropsis aculeata) is a small, clawless deepwater lobster found in the western Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean, living at depths typically exceeding 200 metres.

Metanephrops mozambicus is a marine nephropid lobster also known as the African lobster. Described by Macpherson in 1990, it occurs in the western Indian Ocean off eastern Africa and Madagascar, including the waters between southeastern Africa and Madagascar. It is a deepwater species recorded from...

Thomson's lobsterette (Metanephrops thomsoni) is a deepwater species of clawed lobster in the family Nephropidae, recorded from the western Pacific, including the South China Sea and waters around Taiwan. Like other members of the genus Metanephrops, commonly called lobsterettes, it lives on soft se...

The Neptune lobsterette (Metanephrops neptunus) is a deepwater clawed lobster distributed in the Indo-Pacific region, one of several morphologically similar Metanephrops species distinguished primarily by structural and geographic characteristics.

The velvet lobsterette, Metanephrops velutinus, is a deep-water clawed lobster of the family Nephropidae, named for the fine, velvety pile covering its carapace. It belongs to Metanephrops, a genus of slender, long-clawed 'lobsterettes' whose species excavate burrows in soft sediment on continental...

Thymops birsteini, commonly called the Patagonian lobsterette, is a deep-water clawed lobster in the family Nephropidae. The genus Thymops contains a single recognized species, which lives on the continental shelf around southern South America, including waters near Argentina, Chile, the Falkland/Ma...

Thymopides grobovi is a deepwater nephropsid lobster from the northeastern Atlantic, known from limited specimens and named in recognition of Soviet marine biologist contributions to deep-sea crustacean taxonomy.