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]
Metanephrops binghami | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Nephropidae |
Genus: | Metanephrops |
Species: | M. binghami
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Binomial name | |
Metanephrops binghami (Boone, 1927)
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ T. Chan (2009). "Metanephrops binghami (Boone, 1927)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ 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.