Nephropidae
Nephropidae sunt familia (aliquando Homeridae appellata) magnorum crustaceorum maritimorum.

Nephropidae, quibus corpora longa caudaeque musculosae sunt, in rimis cuniculisque in imo mari habitant. Tribus ex quinque crurum paribus sunt chelae, praecipue primo pari, quae plerumque aliis maiora sunt. Nephropidae, cibus marinus magni aestimatae, certum momentum oeconomicum habent, saepe una ex quaestuosissimis rebus cibariis in regionibus litoralibus captis. Nephropidae magni momenti in commercio sunt duae species generis Homari (in cultura vulgari nephropidae familiarissimae) ex Oceano Atlantico septentrionali, ac duo genera scampi vulgo appellata, quae carideorum similia sunt: Nephrops in hemisphaerio septentrionali (scilicet Nephrops norvegicus) et Metanephrops in hemisphaerio australi. Artissime coniuncti nephropidarum cognati sunt genus Enoplometopus et tres aquae dulcis familiae: Astacidae Cambaridaeque superfamiliae Astacoideorum, et Parastacidae superfamiliae Parastacoideorum.

Species 

Fossilia nephropidarum indicia retro saltem usque ad aevum Valanginium Cretacei extenduntur, abhinc annorum 140 milliones. Hic index omnes familiae Nephropidarum species exstantis continet:

Acanthacaris
Acanthacaris caeca A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
Acanthacaris tenuimana Bate, 1888
Dinochelus Ahyong, Chan & Bouchet, 2010
Dinochelus ausubeli Ahyong, Chan & Bouchet, 2010
Eunephrops Smith, 1885
Eunephrops bairdii Smith, 1885
Eunephrops cadenasi Chace, 1939
Eunephrops luckhursti Manning, 1997
Eunephrops manningi Holthuis, 1974
Homarinus Kornfield, Williams & Steneck, 1995
Homarinus capensis (Herbst, 1792)
Homarus Weber, 1795
Homarus americanus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
Homarus gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metanephrops Jenkins, 1972
Metanephrops andamanicus (Wood-Mason, 1892)
Metanephrops arafurensis (De Man, 1905)
Metanephrops armatus Chan & Yu, 1991
Metanephrops australiensis (Bruce, 1966)
Metanephrops binghami (Boone, 1927)
Metanephrops boschmai (Holthuis, 1964)
Metanephrops challengeri (Balss, 1914)
Metanephrops formosanus Chan & Yu, 1987
Metanephrops japonicus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1873)
Metanephrops mozambicus Macpherson, 1990
Metanephrops neptunus (Bruce, 1965)
Metanephrops rubellus (Moreira, 1903)
Metanephrops sagamiensis (Parisi, 1917)
Metanephrops sibogae (De Man, 1916)
Metanephrops sinensis (Bruce, 1966)
Metanephrops taiwanicus (Hu, 1983)
Metanephrops thomsoni (Bate, 1888)
Metanephrops velutinus Chan & Yu, 1991
Nephropides Manning, 1969
Nephropides caribaeus Manning, 1969
Nephrops Leach, 1814
Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872
Nephropsis acanthura Macpherson, 1990
Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881
Nephropsis agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
Nephropsis atlantica Norman, 1882
Nephropsis carpenteri Wood-Mason, 1885
Nephropsis ensirostris Alcock, 1901
Nephropsis holthuisii Macpherson, 1993
Nephropsis malhaensis Borradaile, 1910
Nephropsis neglecta Holthuis, 1974
Nephropsis occidentalis Faxon, 1893
Nephropsis rosea Bate, 1888
Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872
Nephropsis suhmi Bate, 1888
Nephropsis sulcata Macpherson, 1990
Thaumastocheles Wood-Mason, 1874
Thaumastocheles dochmiodon Chan & Saint Laurent, 1999
Thaumastocheles japonicus Calman, 1913
Thaumastocheles zaleucus (Thomson, 1873)
Thaumastochelopsis Bruce, 1988
Thaumastochelopsis brucei Ahyong, Chu & Chan, 2007
Thaumastochelopsis wardi Bruce, 1988
Thymopides Burukovsky & Averin, 1977
Thymopides grobovi (Burukovsky & Averin, 1976)
Thymopides laurentae Segonzac & Macpherson, 2003
Thymops Holthuis, 1974
Thymops birsteini (Zarenkov & Semenov, 1972)
Thymopsis Holthuis, 1974
Thymopsis nilenta Holthuis, 1974

Gerardus de Nerval, scriptor Francicus, qui nephropidam in deliciis habebat
Bellum nephropidarum, certamen inter Brasiliam et Franciam annis 1960 ineuntibus de territoriis nephropidarum piscandarum

Notae

Bibliographia
Corson, Trevor. 2005. The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean. Novi Eboraci: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-055559-7. Google Books.
Debelius, Helmut. 2000. Krebs-Führer: Garnelen, Krabben, Langusten, Hummer, Fangschreckenkrebse, weltweit; über 1000 Fotos aus dem natürlichen Lebensraum der Krustentiere. Hamburgi. ISBN 3-86132-504-7.
Phillips, Bruce F., ed. 2006. Lobsters: Biology, Management, Aquaculture and Fisheries. Novi Eboraci: Wiley. doi:10.1002/9780470995969. ISBN 978-1-4051-2657-1.
Townsend, Elisabeth. 2012. Lobster: A Global History. Londinii: Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-794-7.

Nexus externi

Holthuis, Lipke. 1991. Marine Lobsters of the World. Food and Agriculture Organization. Editio interretialis. Archivum
Atlantic Veterinary College Lobster Science Centre.

 
Taxa Dana
Taxa 1852