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:
- 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)
- Metanephrops rubellus (Moreira, 1903)
- Metanephrops sagamiensis (Parisi, 1917)
- Metanephrops sibogae (De Man, 1916)
- Metanephrops sinensis (Bruce, 1966)
- Metanephrops taiwanicus (Hu, 1983)
- Metanephrops thomsoni (Bate, 1888)
- Metanephrops velutinus Chan & Yu, 1991
