Genus Nephrops (Noun)
Meaning
A genus of Nephropsidae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Nephrops is a genus of lobsters within the family Nephropsidae commonly referred to as scampi.
- Nephrops is one of only three extant genera of clawed lobsters and a part of the genus nephrops has over forty recognized fossil species.
- Many commercial species belong to the genus Nephrops such as Nephrops norvegicus found in Europe and north-west Africa.
- Within the family Nephropsidae only Nephrops represents a large commercial fishery, providing some thousands of tonnes a year in northern European seas.
- All clawed lobster fisheries were recorded from 10 orders or fewer belonging mainly to a family level where this case we call this species in Genus nephrops Nephrops.