Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Astacidea
Superfamilia: Enoplometopoidea
Familia: Enoplometopidae
Genus: Enoplometopus
Species: E. antillensis – E. callistus – E. chacei – E. crosnieri – E. daumi – E. debelius – E. gracilipes – E. holthuisi – E. macrodontus – E. occidentalis – E. pictus – E. voigtmanni
Name
Enoplometopus Milne-Edwards, 1862
Type species: Enoplometopus pictus Milne-Edwards, 1862
References
Milne-Edwards, A. 1862: Faune carcinologique de lîle de la Réunion: annexe F. In: L. Maillard (Ed.), Notes sur l’île de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris: 1–16.
Chan, T.-Y. & Fujita, Y. 2012. Reef lobsters of the genus Enoplometopus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Nephropidea) from the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition in Okinawa, with the second record of the rare species E. chacei Kensley & Child, 1986. Zootaxa 3367: 126–133. Preview Reference page.
Links
BHL bibliography
Enoplometopus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Enoplometopus.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Reef lobsters, Enoplometopus, are a genus of small lobsters that live on reefs in the Indo-Pacific, Caribbean and warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean.[2]
Description
Species of Enoplometopus occur from coral reefs at depths of less than 1 metre (3 ft 3 in)[3] to rocky reefs at depths of 300 m (980 ft).[4] They are brightly coloured, with stripes, rings, or spots. They are typically mainly red, orange, purplish and white.[2] Reef lobsters are small (depending on species, up to 10–13 centimetres or 4–5 inches), nocturnal (spending the day in caves or crevices), and very timid.[2] The species can be distinguished by their colouration and morphology.[2]
Fossil Eryma mandelslohi
As a result of their bright colours, they are popular in the aquarium trade, and unregulated collection combined with destruction of coral reefs may threaten some species. Due to uncertainty over the impact of these potential threats, the majority are considered data deficient by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.[5]
Reef lobsters are distinguished from clawed lobsters (family Nephropidae) by having full chelae (claws) only on the first pair of pereiopods, the second and third pairs being only subchelate (where the last segment of the appendage can press against a short projection from the penultimate one). Clawed lobsters have full claws on the first three pereiopods. Males, unlike those of nephropoid lobsters, have an extra lobe on the second pleopod, which is assumed to have some function in reproduction. Reef lobsters have a shallow cervical groove while clawed lobsters have a deep cervical groove.[6]
Although there is no fossil record of reef lobsters, there is some evidence that they may be related to the extinct genus Eryma which lived from the Permo-Triassic to the late Cretaceous.[7]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[8]
Enoplometopus antillensis Lütken, 1865
Enoplometopus callistus Intès and Le Loeuff, 1970
Enoplometopus chacei Kensley and Child, 1986
Enoplometopus crosnieri Chan and Yu, 1998
Enoplometopus daumi Holthuis, 1983
Enoplometopus debelius Holthuis, 1983
Enoplometopus gracilipes (De Saint Laurent, 1988)
Enoplometopus holthuisi Gordon, 1968
Enoplometopus occidentalis (Randall, 1840)
Enoplometopus pictus A. Milne Edwards, 1862
Enoplometopus voigtmanni Türkay, 1989
References
L. B. Holthuis (1983). "Notes on the genus Enoplometopus, with descriptions of a new subgenus and two new species (Crustacea Decapoda, Axiidae)" (PDF). Zoologische Mededelingen. 56 (22): 281–298, pls. 1–4.
Helmut Debelius (2001). Crustacea: Guide of the World. Frankfurt am Main: IKAN, Unterwasserarchiv. pp. 44–54, 200–205. ISBN 978-3-931702-74-8.
Chan, T.Y. & Wahle, R. (2011). "Enoplometopus daumi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T184985A8340177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T184985A8340177.en.
Chan, T.Y. & Wahle, R. (2011). "Enoplometopus gracilipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T185005A8345117. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T185005A8345117.en.
T. Y. Chan & R. Wahle (2009). "Version 2011.1". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
Michèle de Saint Laurent (1988). "Enoplometopoidea, nouvelle superfamille de Crustacés Décapodes Astacidea". Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. III. 307: 59–62.
F. R. Schram & C. J. Dixon (2004). "Decapod phylogeny: addition of fossil evidence to a robust morphological cladistic data set" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum. 31: 1–19.
J. Poupin (2003). "Reef lobsters Enoplometopus A. Milne Edwards, 1862 from French Polynesia, with a brief revision of the genus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Enoplometopidae)" (PDF). Zoosystema. 25 (4): 643–664.
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Subgroups of Order Decapoda
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