Genus Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1873

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Genus Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1873

Nephropsis Wood-Mason, J. 1873. On Nephropsis stewarti a new genus and species of Macrurous Crustaceans dredged in deep water off the eastern coast of the Andaman Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(4): 59-64 [60] [name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1959. Opinion 559. Determination of the gender to be attributed to six generic names in the Class Crustacea (Order Decapoda) and addition of the names concerned to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20: 283–292; gender feminine].
Type species:
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1873 by monotypy.
Secondary source:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1959. Opinion 559. Determination of the gender to be attributed to six generic names in the Class Crustacea (Order Decapoda) and addition of the names concerned to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20: 283-292.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE oceanic
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast, NE oceanic, SE oceanic
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast, NW oceanic, W oceanic

Distribution References

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 Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, 13: i-viii, 1-292

General References

Macpherson, E. 1993. New records for the genus Nephropsis Wood-Mason (Crustacea, Decapoda, Nephropidae) from Northern Australia, with the description of two new species. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 10(1): 55-66 [64] (key to Australian species)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
29-May-2012	29-May-2012	MOVED
20-Oct-2011	20-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
	03-Jun-2010	MODIFIED

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