Metanephrops mozambicus
| Metanephrops mozambicus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Nephropidae |
| Genus: | Metanephrops |
| Species: | M. mozambicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Metanephrops mozambicus Macpherson, 1990 | |
Metanephrops mozambicus (commonly known as the African lobster) is a species of lobster that lives around south-east of Madagascar. Previously considered to be part of the species Metanephrops andamanicus (Andaman lobster), they were re-classified as a unique species in 1990.[2] The species is commercially trawled.[3]
References
- ^ Wahle, R.; Cockcroft, A.; MacDiarmid, A.; Butler, M.; Chan, T.Y. (2011). "Metanephrops mozambicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T169963A6694019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T169963A6694019.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "African lobster (Metanephrops mozambicus)". Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
- ^ Marshall, Nina T. (2001). Stormy Seas for Marine Invertebrates: Trade in Sea Cucumbers, Sea Shells and Lobsters in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. p. 23. ISBN 9789966969804.