Metanephrops binghami

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Metanephrops binghami
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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.