Metanephrops binghami

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Metanephrops binghami
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Metanephrops
Species:
M. binghami
Binomial name
Metanephrops binghami
(Boone, 1927)
Synonyms [2]
  • Nephrops binghamiBoone, 1927

Metanephrops binghami, the Caribbean lobster or Caribbean lobsterette, is a lobster that inhabits the western Atlantic region: from the Bahamas and southern Florida to French Guiana, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. [3]

References

  1. Butler, M.; Chan, T.Y.; Cockcroft, A.; MacDiarmid, A.; Wahle, R. (2011). "Metanephrops binghami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T170021A6709910. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T170021A6709910.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. T. Chan (2009). "Metanephrops binghami (Boone, 1927)". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  3. Lipke B. Holthuis (1991). "Metanephrops binghami". FAO Species Catalogue, Volume 13. Marine Lobsters of the World. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Food and Agriculture Organization. ISBN   92-5-103027-8.