Lobster

Lobster bercapit membentuk sebuah keluarga (Nephropidae, kadangkala juga Homaridae) dari crustacean besar laut. Mereka penting sebagai hewan, bisnis, dan makanan.

Lobster bercapit jangan dibingungkan dengan lobster spiny, yang tidak memiliki capit (chelae) dan tidak berhubungan dekat. Hubungan terdekat dari lobster bercapit adalah lobster reef Enoplometopus dan tiga keluarga dari crayfish air tawar.

Jenis lobster

Spesies lobster termasuk:

• Atlantic deep-sea lobster (Acanthacaris caeca)
• Prickly deep-sea lobster (Acanthacaris tenuimana)
• Red lobster (Eunephrops bairdii)
• Sculptured lobster (Eunephrops cadenasi)
• Banded lobster (Eunephrops manningi)
• Cape lobster (Homarinus capensis)
• American lobster (Homarus americanus)
• European lobster (Homarus gammarus)
• Andaman lobster (Metanephrops andamanicus)
• Arafura lobster (Metanephrops arafurensis)
• Armored lobster (Metanephrops armatus)
• Northwest lobster (Metanephrops australensis)
• Caribbean lobsterette (Metanephrops binghami)
• New Zealand lobster (Metanephrops challengeri)
• Formosa lobster (Metanephrops formosanus)
• Japanese lobster (Metanephrops japonicus)
• African lobster (Metanephrops mozambicus)
• Neptune lobster (Metanephrops neptunus)
• Urugavian lobster (Metanephrops rubellus)
• Sculpted lobster (Metanephrops sagamiensis)
• Siboga lobster (Metanephrops sibogae)
• China lobster (Metanephrops sinensis)
• Red-banded lobster (Metanephrops thomsoni)
• Velvet lobster (Metanephrops velutinus)
• Bight lobster (Metanephrops boschmai)
• Mitten lobsterette (Nephropides caribaeus)
• Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)
• Spinetail lobsterette (Nephropsis acanthura)
• Florida lobsterette (Nephropsis aculeata)
• Prickly lobsterette (Nephropsis agassizii)
• Scarlet lobsterette (Nephropsis atlantica)
• Ridge-back lobsterette (Nephropsis carpenteri)
• Gladiator lobsterette (Nephropsis ensirostris)
• Saya de Malha lobsterette (Nephropsis malhaensis)
• Ruby lobsterette (Nephropsis neglecta)
• Pacific lobsterette (Nephropsis occidentalis)
• Rosy (or two-toned) lobsterette (Nephropsis rosea)
• Indian Ocean lobsterette (Nephropsis stewarti)
• Red and white lobsterette (Nephropsis suhmi)
• Grooved lobsterette (Nephropsis sulcata)
• Bellator lobster (Thymopides grobovi)
• Patagonian lobsterette (Thymops birsteini)
• Nilenta lobsterette (Thymopsis nilenta)