Metanephrops mozambicus

Metanephrops mozambicus
	Metanephrops mozambicus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Nephropidae
Genus:	Metanephrops
Species:	M. mozambicus
Binomial name
	Metanephrops mozambicus; Macpherson, 1990

Metanephrops mozambicus (commonly known as the African lobster) is a species of lobster that lives around south-east of Madagascar. Previously considered to be part of the species Metanephrops andamanicus (Andaman lobster), they were re-classified as a unique species in 1990.[2] The species is commercially trawled.[3]

References

Wahle, R.; Cockcroft, A.; MacDiarmid, A.; Butler, M.; Chan, T.Y. (2011). "Metanephrops mozambicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T169963A6694019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T169963A6694019.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
"African lobster (Metanephrops mozambicus)". Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
Marshall, Nina T. (2001). Stormy Seas for Marine Invertebrates: Trade in Sea Cucumbers, Sea Shells and Lobsters in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. p. 23. ISBN 9789966969804.

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] Wahle, R.; Cockcroft, A.; MacDiarmid, A.; Butler, M.; Chan, T.Y. (2011). "Metanephrops mozambicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T169963A6694019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T169963A6694019.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[2] "African lobster (Metanephrops mozambicus)". Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved March 18, 2013.

[3] Marshall, Nina T. (2001). Stormy Seas for Marine Invertebrates: Trade in Sea Cucumbers, Sea Shells and Lobsters in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. p. 23. ISBN 9789966969804.