Metanephrops

Metanephrops is a genus of lobsters, commonly known as scampi. Important species for fishery include Metanephrops australiensis (Australian scampi) and Metanephrops challengeri (New Zealand scampi). It differs from other lobsters such as Homarus and Nephrops norvegicus in that its two main claws are of equal size, rather than being differentiated into a crusher and a pincher. There are 18 extant species recognised in the genus:

==Species== Metanephrops andamanicus (Wood-Mason, 1891) Metanephrops arafurensis (De Man, 1905) Metanephrops armatus Chan & Yu, 1991 Metanephrops australiensis (Bruce, 1966) Metanephrops binghami (Boone, 1927) Metanephrops boschmai (Holthuis, 1964) Metanephrops challengeri (Balss, 1914) Metanephrops formosanus Chan & Yu, 1987 Metanephrops japonicus (Tapparone-Canefri, 1873) Metanephrops mozambicus Macpherson, 1990 Metanephrops neptunus (Bruce, 1965) thumb|M. neptunus Metanephrops rubellus (Moreira, 1903) thumb|M. rubellus Metanephrops sagamiensis (Parisi, 1917) Metanephrops sibogae (De Man, 1916) Metanephrops sinensis (Bruce, 1966) Metanephrops taiwanicus (Hu, 1983) Metanephrops thomsoni (Bate, 1888) thumb|M. thomsoni Metanephrops velutinus Chan & Yu, 1991