Eunephrops manningi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Nephropidae
Genus: Eunephrops
Species:
E. manningi
Binomial name
Eunephrops manningi
Holthuis, 1974 [2]

Eunephrops manningi, the banded lobster,[3] is a species of lobster found in the West Indies. It was named in 1974 by carcinologist Lipke Holthuis after his friend and fellow carcinologist Raymond B. Manning.[4]

Description

It grows to a length of 15 centimetres (6 in) (carapace length 4–7 cm or 1.6–2.8 in) and lives at depths of 450–550 metres (1,480–1,800 ft).[5] While it is large enough to be a target for commercial lobster fishing, this is precluded by its rarity, only three specimens having ever been collected.[5] It can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the lack of post-cervical spines on the carapace, and by the presence of only transverse grooves on the body segments of the abdomen.[5]

References

  1. ↑ M. Butler; T. Y. Chan; A. Cockcroft; A. MacDiarmid & R. Wahle (2011). "Eunephrops manningi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T169981A6698630. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T169981A6698630.en.
  2. ↑ Lipke Holthuis (1974). "Biological Results of the University of Miami Deep-Sea Expeditions. 106. The lobsters of the superfamily Nephropidea of the Atlantic Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 24 (4): 723–884.
  3. ↑ "Eunephrops manningi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
  4. ↑ Paul F. Clark & Frederick R. Schram (2009). "Raymond B. Manning: an appreciation". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 29 (4): 431–457. doi:10.1651/09-3158.1.
  5. 1 2 3 Lipke B. Holthuis (1991). "Eunephrops manningi". FAO Species Catalogue, Volume 13. Marine Lobsters of the World. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Food and Agriculture Organization. ISBN 978-92-5-103027-1.
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