Nephropoidea

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Nephropoidea
Homarus americanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Astacidea
Family: Nephropoidea
Dana, 1852
Families

Nephropoidea is a superfamily of decapod crustaceans. It contains the true lobsters in the Nephropidae as well as the rare thaumastochelid lobsters.