Metanephrops binghami

Metanephrops binghami
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Metanephrops
Species:
M. binghami
Binomial name
Metanephrops binghami
(Boone, 1927)
Synonyms[2]
  • Nephrops binghami Boone, 1927

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ T. Chan (2009). "Metanephrops binghami (Boone, 1927)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  3. ^ 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.