FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

Nephropidae 987
3a. Abdomen with a median longitudinal carina (Fig. 13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nephropsis sulcata
3b. Abdomen without a median longitudinal carina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nephropsis suhmi
4a. Basal part of telson with an erect dorsal spine (Fig. 14a) . . . . . . . . . . . Nephropsis acanthura
4b. Basal part of telson without an erect dorsal spine (Fig. 14b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . → 5
5a. Abdomen with a median longitudinal carina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nephropsis holthuisi
5b. Abdomen without a median longitudinal carina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . → 6
6a. Subdorsal ridges of carapace spinose (Fig. 12c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nephropsis serrata
6b. Subdorsal ridges of carapace lacking spines (Fig. 12d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nephropsis stewarti
abdomen (dorsal view)
Fig. 13 Nephropsis sulcata
carinae
List of species occurring in the area
The symbol is given when species accounts are included.
Acanthacaris tenuimana Bate, 1888
Metanephrops andamanicus (Wood-Mason, 1891)
Metanephrops arafurensis (De Man, 1905)
Metanephrops australiensis (Bruce, 1966)
Metanephrops neptunus (Bruce, 1965)
Metanephrops sibogae (De Man, 1916)
Metanephrops sinensis (Bruce, 1966)
Metanephrops thomsoni (Bate, 1888)
Metanephrops velutinus Chan and Yu, 1991
Nephropsis acanthura Macpherson, 1990
Nephropsis ensirostris Alcock, 1901
Nephropsis holthuisi Macpherson, 1993
Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1873
Nephropsis suhmi Bate, 1888
Nephropsis sulcata Macpherson, 1990
no spine
b) Nephropsis holthuisi,
a) Nephropsis acanthura
N. serrata, N. stewarti
Fig. 14 tail fan (lateral view)
References
Chan, T.Y. and H.P. Yu. 1993. The Illustrated lobsters of Taiwan. Taipei, SMC Publishing Inc., 248 p.
Holthuis, L.B. 1991. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue
of species of interest to fisheries known to date. FAO Fish. Synop., 125(13):1-292.
spine