Bate, 1888

Diagnosis:
A post supraorbital spinule present. Distance between supraorbital spines and gastric tubercle about 2/3 of distance between gastric tubercle and cervical groove. Abdominal somites 2 to 6 with a median longitudinal carina. Telson without an erect dorsal spine on its basal part. Exopod of uropod with diaeresis.

Type:
Type locality: "Challenger" Station 57, off Bermuda, 32°11'7"N 65°3'20"W; 1262 m. Holotype in BM, now completely disintegrated.

Geographical Distribution:
Western Atlantic from Bermuda (32°N) to northern South America (Guiana, 7°N), including the Bahama Islands, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

Habitat and Biology:
Deep sea between 420 and 1260 m, mostly between 500 and 800 m. On muddy or sandy bottoms.

Size:
Carapace length between 1 and 6 cm, corresponding to a total length of about 2 to 13 cm.

Interest to Fisheries:
Potential. The species is not rare and some of the hauls reported contain several specimens. With proper gear and a better knowledge of its habits and habitat, it may perhaps be possible to fish it commercially.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Order Decapoda
Suborder Macrura Reptantia
Superfamily Nephropoidea
Family Nephropidae
Subfamily Thymopinae
Genus Nephropsis
Species Nephropsis rosea

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Nephropsis rosea Bate, 1888

Scientific synonyms and common names

Nephropsis rosea Bate, 1888

Synonyms:
Nephropsis rosea Bate, 1888, Report Voyage Challenger, Zool., 24: 178, text-fig. 39, pl. 23 figs 1, 2, pl. 24 fig.1.

FAO Names:
Two-toned lobsterette [English]
Langoustine bicolore [French]

Bate, C.S., 1888 Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report scientific Results Voyage Challenger, (Zool), 24: i-xc, 1-942, text figs. 1-76, pls 1-150.

Holthuis, L.B., 1974. The lobsters of the superfamily Nephropidea of the Atlantic Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda). Biological results of the University of Miami deep-sea expeditions. 106. Bulletin marine Science University Miami, 24: 723-884, figs 1-35.

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