Wood-Mason, 1885

Diagnosis:
Rostrum with one pair of lateral teeth (one tooth on either margin). No post supraorbital spinule behind the supraorbital spine. The distance between the supraorbital spines and the gastric tubercle is about half or less than half the distance between the gastric tubercle and the cervical groove. Anterior margin of pleuron of second abdominal somite without a spine, but with a sharp, spine-like tip. Median dorsal carinae on third to sixth abdominal somites, but not on second. Telson without an erect dorsal spine on its basal part.

Type:
Type locality: "Investigator" Station 162. Bay of Bengal, 13°51'12"N 80°28'12"E, 145-250fms [ = 265-457m), brown mud. Holotype in ZSI, no. 4251/7, in alcohol, condition poor.

Geographical Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific region: Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Japan.

Habitat and Biology:
Depth range between 200 and 500 m.

Size:
Total length 9 to 12 cm.

Interest to Fisheries:
So far none. There are as yet no indications of fishing grounds with a sizeable population of this species.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Order Decapoda
Suborder Macrura Reptantia
Superfamily Nephropoidea
Family Nephropidae
Subfamily Thymopinae
Genus Nephropsis
Species Nephropsis carpenteri

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Nephropsis carpenteri Wood-Mason, 1885

Scientific synonyms and common names

Nephropsis carpenteri Wood-Mason, 1885

Synonyms:
Nephropsis carpenteri Wood-Mason, 1885, Proceedings Asiatic Society Bengal, 1885: 71.

FAO Names:
Ridge-back lobsterette [English]

Alcock, A. and A.R.S. Anderson, 1896. Illustrations of the Zoology of the Royal Indian Marine Surveying Steamer Investigator, under the command of Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N. Crustacea (4):pls 16-27

Alcock, A., 1901. A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-Sea Crustacea Decapoda Macrura and Anomala in the Indian Museum. Being a revised account of the deep-sea species collected by the Royal Indian Marine Surveyship Investigator: 1-286, i-iv, pls 1-3

Macpherson, E., 1990. Crustacea Decapoda: On a collection of Nephropidae from the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. Résultats des campagnes Musorstom. Volume 6. Mémoires Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, (Zool.), 145:289-329, figs 1-17

Wood-Mason, J., 1885. Two species of Nephropsis. Proceedings Asiatic Society Bengal, 1885: 70-72.

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