Nephropoidea

Nephropoidea is a superfamily of decapod crustaceans. It contains the true lobsters in the Nephropidae (including the rare thaumastochelid lobsters), and three fossil families: Chilenophoberidae, Protastacidae and Stenochiridae.^[1] Their closest relatives are the reef lobsters.^[1]

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Nephropoidea Temporal range: 279–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Permian - present
Nephropsis rosea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Astacidea
Superfamily:	Nephropoidea Dana, 1852
Families
Nephropidae Dana, 1852 †Chilenophoberidae Tshudy & Babcock, 1997 †Protastacidae Albrecht, 1983 †Stenochiridae Beurlen, 1928

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